Pigs grunted from below the stilted houses.

Most Buginese people live in stilted houses, sometimes three meters (9 ft) or more off the ground, with plank walls and floors.

These include traditional stilted houses, western houses, modern dwellings, combined shops/houses (ruko), and even roadside shacks.

A weakness for game fish is one big reason Northern transplants proliferate in the stilted houses of the Florida Keys.

Around the world there are many other traditional forms of accommodation that have been used by travellers for centuries, from Japanese ryokan inns to stilted houses in Peru.

Her family's stilted house was standing, though with no stairs and about 100 yards less of beach out front.

They used to live in tall stilted and long houses, but nowadays, they live in a Malaysian kampung-style houses (individual & separated houses).

I went in search of a hammer and nails, which I found in a combination laundry and storage room under the stilted house.

The villagers welcome you in their stilted houses for 50 000- 60 000 dongs (breakfast 20 000 and diner 60 000).

This technique is usually used on stilted houses, resulting in better air circulation especially during the warmer summer months.