Sentences with word «stilt»

Villa Utara, also built on stilts on the western edge of the North Lagoon, overlooks the House Reef and the spectacular dive sites of Fiabacet beyond.

It seems that weather stations shelters known as Stevenson Screens (the white chicken coop like boxes on stilts housing thermometers outdoors) were originally painted with whitewash, which is a lime based paint, and reflective of infra - red radiation, but its no longer available, and newer paints have been used that [have] much different IR characteristics.

Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort - This is a gorgeous secluded property, built on stilts over water.

If you're looking for a unique experience as soon as you check in, look no further than the overwater bungalows that are perched on stilts above beautiful blue waters.

Following Hurricane Irma, a Coconut Grove homeowner started looking for a way to protect her home from future storms and flooding and found inspiration in affordable houses built on stilts in Louisiana, but many counties in Florida — with the possible exception of Monroe — don't plan to use post-hurricane Federal Emergency Management Agency money on single - family home elevations.

In addition to its 58 rooms, the hotel has four Valley Villas on stilts with wooden decks and four Pool Villas providing seclusion with a private pool.

Stilt walkers of all heights, gnomes and fairies and Venetian masked mimes added to the atmosphere whether there was music playing or poetry being read.

Rich waters support teeming salmon, penguins, dolphins, and century - old villages of stilt houses.

In this review I'm wearing the AG Stilt Jeans in 7 Years Dwight (c / o AG Jeans) and old Vince Camuto boots, FYI.

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They also have interesting workshops in stilt villages and you can checkout their ruined temples.

You look great — Love the AG Stilt jeans and I think they're a wonderful silhouette on you.

«Healthy mangrove forests are particularly good at reducing the force of waves because of the resistance provided by stilt roots as well as the trees» trunks and branches,» the report said.

Over the next 24 hours, the team recorded 160 species, including a black - necked stilt sighted only 10 times previously in Massachusetts.

One bungalow set on tall stilts with a deck overlooking the khlong is worth the extra 200 baht, and then some, explaining why it's rarely vacant.

And it features samurai swords, a plague and men on impossibly high stilts with flamethrowers, so what's not to love?

Many are constructed on rather precarious looking stilts as protection from the flooding of the river (Belize City stands only eighteen inches above sea level) and from water borne in by storms.

They come on stilts so that they can sit above the roadway.

Built on stilts for minimal environmental impact, the 12 villas will be spread throughout the jungle, each positioned for utmost privacy but within easy distance of the main lodge.

Set on wooden stilts over our turquoise - blue lagoon, the Deluxe Water Villas offer a typical Maldivian experience.

Leam Sak Seafood is a local restaurant built on stilts at Sak Cape.

There is plenty to do in Galle and its surrounding areas including the famous stilt fisherman of the region.

Many of the plants were perched on stilt roots that held their main stems a few centimeters above the surface, as if the soil had eroded under them.

First outfit shown I am wearing my Mara Hoffman coat with Cinq a Sept sweater, men's button down, AG jeans stilt roll - up jeans, and Golden Goose boots.

Rae Bryant of Women Walking Tall Stilts looks at bowl bought by Kelly Ehlers of Houston at the 8th Annual Empty Bowls Houston at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Saturday.

Currently, even qualified applicants may not have access to a personal loan through Stilt in the near future.

Stone bridges with wood houses on stilts overlook the lakes, a place for contemplation, meditation and humility.

This organization was composed of the Audubon Society, which was trying to save the beautiful Hawaiian stilt from extinction, the Hawaiian Trail Hikers, fishermen, botanists and various other nature lovers.

Then they can settle into one of the resort's 80 sumptuous over-water bungalows — each at least 1,000 square feet and set on stilts right over the turquoise ocean.

They are home to over 100 species of migratory birds and support globally important populations of Black - Necked Grebe, African Spoonbill, Pied Avocet, Little Grebe, Yellow Billed Stork, Black Winged Stilt, Grey - Headed Gull and Gull Billed Tern.

The Cannon Beach city hall design features concrete stilts reinforced with steel cables supporting a 900 - square - meter building.

Stilt loans used for education do not offer the same provisions to borrowers as federal student loans, such as income - based repayment, loan forbearance, or potential forgiveness.

At first I assumed that he spent his spring break at SXSW and had mistaken your promotional materials for a Crystal Stilts fanzine, but he swore it was assigned reading for his public policy advocacy clinic.

One does not play tennis using a football, or use stilts to play rugby, you have to use the right stuff for the game that you are playing.

Bungalows Tree Tops - Tropical bungalows on stilts located amid the palm trees on the beach where Playa Larga meets Playa Blanca.

Around you, your treehouse suite at California's Post Ranch Inn — set on stilts among branches high above the Pacific coastline — seems to bend and stretch, too.

This event included a face painter, juggling stilt walker, balloon artist, carnival games, crafts, sledding, snow painting,...

There is a water village cum resort built on stilts here, where you can observe the marine life that swims in the reef below.

Set alongside the Barachois, Villa on Stilts offers intimacy and comfort with a hint of coziness.

Set atop stilts amid the treetops, the 34 free - standing Suites have been fashioned as Balinese beach houses with private outdoor terraces

Painted teal, maroon and royal blue, other bungalows stand on stilts amid thick flower bushes on the forest - backed hillside.

Of greatest interest to visitors is the homestead — a yellow wooden mansion built on tall stilts where the family lived and where Fidel Castro was born.

Rowe's piece mimicked a single cross-section view of a high - rise floor, or rather, the space between floors, improbably suspended at eye level between dark metal stilts anchoring it to the gallery's polished concrete, and white - painted struts extending to the ceiling.

From the fastest marathon dressed as a film character to the fastest marathon while wearing stilts, 34 people broke Guinness World Records on Sunday.

Based on the Impreza hatchback, appetizing driving dynamics and phenomenal safety ratings are a given, but being an Impreza hatchback on stilts also means that the Crosstrek falls short of the space found in bona - fide crossovers and SUVs.

Built tall on timber stilts not only does the accommodation reflect your natural environment but also beckons the outside in with all rooms turned to maximise the views from their open sides and superb balconies.

Here are a few of the species we've encountered: Hawaiian Stilt, Black - Crowned Night Heron, Wandering Tatler, Cattle Egret, Hawaiian Coot, Hawaiian Gallinule, Hawaiian Duck, Hawaiian Owl, Ring - Necked Pheasant, Northern Mockingbird, Northern Cardinal, Chestnut Mannikin, Japanese White - Eye, Common Myna and the White - Rumped Shama.

Far away on the eastern coast of the small headland portion of the West Bali National Park, the NusaBay Menjangan offers beautiful stilt lanais and villas built of natural timber.