We’re in the process of buying a house right now and it’s got me thinking of all the different kinds of housing we stayed in and visited on our trip.  Some, uncomfortable by Western standards, were the height of luxury for the region.  We saw plenty of “unfinished” homes in Latin America, where rebar stuck out as though an additional story was being constructed.  I heard this was to avoid taxes on a “finished” home.  I wonder if that would work for us?

Costa Rica

Jim Thompson House, Bangkok, Thailand

Local home made of palm fronds after a car accident. Tofu, Mozambique

A rather more ornate home in Hanoi, Vietnam

A highrise in Urumqi, China.

Near the caves in rural Laos

Hut made from sticks, covered with cloth and plastic, Northern Kenya

Stucco and stone homes, Harar, Ethiopia

Antigua, Guatemala

A home and a shop, Kazakhstan

See anything you recognize?