Sentences with phrase «by thatch»

Accommodation comprises 16 units (including a family room): a mix of stone and canvas walls with wood and glass doors, shaded by a thatch roof.

The medieval European farmhouse embodies what we think of today as one of the most archetypal examples of a courtyard house — four buildings arranged around a square courtyard with a steep roof covered by thatch.

Bungalows are carefully constructed, with walls of wood and tin roofs covered by thatch for aesthetics.

Finally, in Central and South America, the disease is most prevalent in rural homes made of mud or covered by thatched roofs — such architecture, which makes perfect hideouts for the pests, is not typical of U.S. homes.

On the often overlooked island of Shikoku, the Iya Valley offers dramatic mountain landscapes dotted by thatched - roof farmhouses and vine - covered bridges.

Ancient architects adopted the bracket system characterized by thatched roofs and heated floors called ondol.

In the midst of the serenity of our beautiful garden lies a swimming pool surrounded by thatched umbrella shades.

Guests will be enticed by the large poolside bale pavilion, sheltered by a thatched roof, fitted with a mattress and scattered with cushions.

Situated in Bardez, this beach is made up of golden sand peppered with food shacks, restaurants and sun loungers which are protected by thatched shades.

Shaded by a Thatched roof, this elevated, double - decker pavilion Offers spectacular rice field and mountain views.

Samui Beach Village Resort (as well as Samui Beach Village Luxury Villas) is set in extensive landscaped tropical gardens and comes complete with our own SBV Restaurant & Bar as well as an expansive 60 meter beachfront resort swimming pool surrounded by thatched Thai salas and sun - loungers, both of which sit directly along a vast stretch of pristine white beach allowing for magnificent uninterrupted views of the ocean.The SBV Ocean Rooms, either one or two bedroom, are stunningly decorated in keeping with the indigenous surroundings yet are equipped with all modern conveniences you would expect from a resort.

They have a spectacular extra large bathroom, with a magnificent outdoor terrace covered by a thatched roof that provides intimacy, with a Mayan shower and a hammock.

Not exact matches

His thick russet thatches exist in a state of perpetual tousle, as though magnetized by the invisible energy of some faraway Tesla coil.

I daydreamed a whole lifestyle, living somewhere where coconuts and mangos grow everywhere, making all kinds of varieties of these cones in a little palm thatched hut by the beach.

It was here he began to cultivate cacao trees, creating rich chocolate by hand in a thatched bamboo house secluded in the heart of the forest.

Oak Ridge Cay, where we had stayed, scoured to its bare coral bones by the furious sea, its cool, thatched houses reduced to soggy driftwood.

In the Ranquitte region, a thatched roof means not only rain falling in and soaking families in the night (families will often crowd into corners or sleep sitting up to avoid getting soaked by leaks).

Let me explain, this was a Game Lodge, meaning 4 x 4» ing and celebrating with champers, however the celebrating could go on with Appletiser, lounging by the pool and in our lovely thatched roof cabin had to replace the game drives.

By promoting growth and digesting that thatch, your lawn becomes much more vibrant and strong.

An American team headed by neurologist Leonard Kurland of the Mayo Clinic determined that the highest incidence of lytico - bodig occurred in Umatac, an enclave of thatch - roofed huts on Guam's southern coast.

Dr Rene van Dijk, from the Sheffield research team led by Professor Ben Hatchwell, said: «Our study shows that relatedness between colony members is low, on average, but co-operation over thatch - building is kin - directed due to the positioning of relatives within nests.

All around us lay base camp: a few plain cement buildings and palm - thatched tenting sites administered by Conservation International and used mostly by lemur researchers.

By the time the conquistadors arrived, in the 1540s, the cities were deserted, and the Spaniards found only primitive tribes living in thatched huts in the forest.

I sat cross-legged and topless in a humid hall with a thatched roof, surrounded by 30 other women in Koh Phangan, Thailand.

When the ragtag crew that found Atlantis returns to the underwater city to pick the brain of fearless leader Milo Thatch (voice of James Arnold Taylor; Michael J. Fox was the only actor from the original to bow out of this follow - up), everyone, including Milo's Atlantean girlfriend Kida (Cree Summer), ventures — on a quest for what, beats me — first to a ghost town in the Nordic mountains (where they battle a Verne - ian octopus called «The Kraken»), then to the American southwest (where an Indian elder plays that hilarious old joke where he threatens to kill them by summoning coyotes from Hell after they stave off a threat to his people), then to the home of philanthropist Preston Whitmore (John Mahoney), who was minding his own business one evening when a Viking demon broke in and stole his favourite Scandinavian spear.

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Beyond technology that brings the region magnetic hovering trains and high rises with thatched roofs, Wakanda's existence hangs together by a thread of myth and a militant democratic monarchy, whose throne T'Challa has inherited following the passing of his father T'Chaka (John Kani).

Beyond technology that brings the region magnetic hovering trains and high rises with thatched roofs, Wakanda's existence hangs together by a thread of myth and a militant democratic monarchy, whose throne T'Challa has inherited following the passing of his father T'Chaka -LRB-

In many resettlement sites though the thatched huts are replaced by the cemented houses but the habitation lacks the basic civic amenities, signifying half hearted policy implementation by the Government and thus leading many villagers to disastrous situation, riots and project resistance.

Every day in the life of any villager under thirty, this terrible eruption - the flaring of gas from the oil extracted by PetroGlobal Luandia from beneath the deep - red clay - had never ceased, its searing, poisonous heat denuding trees, killing birds and animals, and turning the rainfall to acid, which corroded the roofs that sheltered the people's thatched homes.

Elsewhere in Telemark the farm fields had become so small from repeated division that farmers had to harvest the hay that grew on the thatch of their roofs and grow vegetables by spreading dirt and manure on top of rocks.

They all sort of looked alike, too — the boys all wearing their maroon home hockey jerseys and their hats backward, bright thatches of hair stuck through the loops at their foreheads like the start of a fire; the girls carbon copies of Courtney, by studious design.

Serve a casual meal from the barbecue at the thatched - roof bar by the pool, or sit down to dinner at the al - fresco table on the shaded balcony just off the house.

The frontage consists of three tiered towers clad in thatch and linked by wooden stairs also roofed with straw.

The design of the pavilions is inspired by traditional architecture throughout South East Asia: thatched roof and wooden roof structure in order to allow the breeze to pass through on balmy nights, wood flooring throughout, dark tropical woods, and naturally tinted lime plasters providing a range of smooth ocres and yellows...

A 25 - meter swimming pool glides its way throughout the center of the garden, bejeweled on its sides by charming frangipani trees as well as thatch - roofed gazebos.

The great room, which leads directly to the pool area, is sheltered by an enormous thatch roof that is held up by impressive natural columns of wood, almost as sculptures unto themselves.

Tladi Lodge is an extensive thatched property surrounded by verdant trees and set amidst romantic winding pathways.

Round, thatched - roof homes built by the Masaai popped up in a sudden, small cluster and the settlements could go unnoticed except for the flare of their residents» red shukas.

The hotel, run by a couple from Turin, has 15 thatched - roof bungalows with loft bedrooms and a restaurant where multicourse meals include heaping plates... Read More

The seven thatched huts and leafy lean - tos that make up this camp have been built by the women of the village.

Accessible by boat or seaplane, each of the 15 spacious thatched - roof bungalows offer ocean views and plush interiors as well as a vibrant blend of French and Pan-Latin cuisine at one of the onsite restaurants.

Surrounded by the sea, each spa villa has been ingeniously designed to blend with the environment, highlighted in Indonesian «merbau» wood, traditional Balinese «alang alang» thatched roofs, and interiors enhanced by the natural contours of the rocks.

Stroll the resort, admiring traditional thatched roofs held aloft by coconut - wood posts.

A thatched bar area by the swimming pool is great for entertaining in the evening and mixing sunset cocktails.

A handful of dark - crimson, thatch - roofed wood bungalows sit around a slope of Bermuda grass punctuated by flower and herb gardens, bamboo, coconut and papaya trees.

This rich dirt used by locals for gardening, and they almost always hold the remains of Mayan thatch homes underneath.

This kid - friendly attraction is situated at the southern end of the hotel zone, and features three salt water lagoons surrounded by palm trees and thatched - roof palapas.

Covering much of the headland just south of Horizon Resort and all of the beachfront on Haad Sai Daeng, rooms at this fairly large resort include little blue cottages with enclosed front porches; circular - walled concrete bungalows with glass doors; A-frame cabins with thatch roofs; and old - style bamboo huts fronted by large porches within sight of the beach.

Enjoy a property that blurs the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living, lounging in a thatch - roofed gazebo open to the Caribbean breezes, or by your own saltwater pool, perfect for that cooling dip.