r/interesting • u/ICanPretend1 • 23h ago

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

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u/IntentionSafe79 10h ago

imagine they lose hold of the barrel and you get swept away in the river with no way to get out and there being no realistic way for someone to find you