Ever onward

 I was walking north paralleling the far side of Naka River. This was my first visit to the area. This house with a very nice garden was connected to the street by a narrow paved bridge over the water distribution canal.

It is a little bit hard to see because of the shadows, but this is a broken concrete block that has been carefully tied to a utility pole with some heavy rope. I stood there for a long time, pondering why anyone would take the trouble to do this, and the best answer I could come up with was that its purpose was to get people to stop and ponder the reason for its existence.