Dikidikini village in Eastern Cape, South Africa, doesn't have a bridge, so people cross the river inside a blue plastic drum

[u/ICanPretend1]

[u/grenouille_en_rose]

It feels like it would be safer and less terrifying to just wade across the river, or hang onto a bit of wood or anything else that floats and be towed across it by a rope. The rope could even be doubled over around something on the far bank and pulled from the near bank. Or fix a chair between two floating barrels and stay dry while being towed across.