Indonesia, Batak, Stilt Houses.

Myanmar, Shan State, Lakeside house built on stilts, Inle Lake.

Myanmar, Shan State, A house beside a tributary to Inle Lake, near Indein and Nyaung Ohak villages.

Canada, Alberta, Tyrrell Lake, Black-necked Stilt bird, Himantopus mexicanus, with catchlight in eye and reflection in the water, Black and white feathers, pink legs.

Cambodia, Rural stilt housing.

Laos, Bamboo Hut in Village next to the Mekong River.

Slum housing with stilt buildings built over untreated sewage. A child seen sitting at doorway and clothes hanging on a washing line above waterAmerican Children Clean Cleaning Equador Hispanic Kids...

Slum housing with stilt buildings built over untreated sewage. A woman wearing a red cardigan carrying a bucket along walkway with reflections on the water belowAmerican Equador Female Women Girl Lad...

Aerial view over slum housing with stilt buildings built over untreated sewageAmerican Equador Hispanic Latin America Latino shanty South America

Aerial view over slum housing with stilt buildings built over untreated sewageAmerican Equador Hispanic Latin America Latino shanty South America

Crop Over sugar cane harvest festival. Grand Kadooment carnival parade stilt walkers in striped costume.Barbadian West Indies

Thatched stilt houses on artificial island with man and child on wooden bridge and approaching canoe. Part view of wooden canoes in immediate foreground.