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My dream Bahay Kubo

aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 1 Nov 22

This is a bahay kubo or nipa hut made of bamboo, nipa for the roof and sometimes sawali and concrete. I know most rich families here have one of this in their backyard or in their garden. I really want to have this but I can't...

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Indigenous House Watercolor Painting

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 3 Nov 20

I woke up so late today. My niece and I created a simple nipa hut last night, which we considered an indigenous house. The medium used is watercolor painting. Her art teacher is so demanding lately. I posted it again here because...

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Bamboo Hut

aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 15 Dec 17

I really love to have a bamboo hut in my garden. It's made of bamboo and other light materials. You can sleep there in the afternoon and have natural air or wind. You can also welcome some guest in there and have a chat inside...

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Bamboo hut

aubrey @averygirl72 (38848) • Philippines 13 Jan 17

With so many modern houses now it's still my dream to have a bamboo nipa hut in our garden or if not a resthouse which is bigger than nipa hut but is made also of bamboo and nipa or coconut palm trees as thatching material. It's...

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Hollow Block Housing In The Philippines

Nickfyoung @Nickfyoung (323) • Australia 26 May 10

I realize that hollow blocks are used for housing because of the termites that eat lumber houses. However, I found hollow block houses to be very hot inside and uncomfortable to live in especially to sleep on a hot night. Is there...

air conditioning

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NIPA HUT: Philippines' national house, do you owned one?

mobhomeir @mobhomeir (7558) • Philippines 27 Jul 09

We had it before in our province. It was build at our agricultural lot two hour-walk distance from our proper town. I really liked the whole environment of the place aside from our nipa hut itself. The house (nipa hut ) was cool...

simple and cool house

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How Long Can You Live in This House?

eichs1 @eichs1 (1934) • Philippines 8 Mar 09

To some, this looks like a play house or just a resting station in a farm. But no, this is a house in a very beautiful island. The house has no electricity. Water is fetched in a well 100 meters away and has to be boiled before it...

living in an island

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My cousins version of Bahay Kubo or native Nipa Hut

cdparazo @cdparazo (5765) • Philippines 11 May 07

Bahay kubo or a Nipa Hut is a native house in my country. I slept in a bahay kubo when I was small when we spent some vacation in the province. Its is made of bamboo or wood with roof made of leaves from the coconut three. I am...

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My parents having a great 'time of their life'

cdparazo @cdparazo (5765) • Philippines 11 May 07

I have noticed that my parents and even my uncles and aunts seems to want to spend a lot of time with the children. Whenever we go on an outing, they just volunteer to take over as far as the kids are concerned. I guess they feel...

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