Halong Bay is in Northern Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. It consists of over 3,000 limestone islands. The whole area is a Unseco World Heritage Site.

Ha long means “where the dragon descends into the sea.” Vietnamese legend says that the islands of Halong Bay were created by a great dragon who lived in the mountains. As it ran towards to coast, its flailing tail gouged out valleys and crevasses. As it plunged into the sea the water filled up all the areas dug up by the tail leaving only pockets of dry land visible.

Photo Credit Mike Greene

The squared off logs are neat also and make the little cabin fit into the landscape beautifully. The photo was taken by Erik Sundström not to far from his home.

You have to wear a few hats to stay busy in a small town, but I’ve always managed to.

Thank you Dave. I plan to feature this cabin again when it is completed, so, readers stay tuned.

Photo Credits: Dave Stonehouse

The Solvay hutte is a “security house” where people can stay for one or two days when it becomes impossible to come down from the Cervin summit in Switzerland. It is located at 4003 meters on the middle height of the edge of the Cervin (we know it as the Matterhorn here in the U.S).

Photo Credit http://www.yeticlub.org/cervin.f.htm

“A series of bluffs up the East Tin Hat Ridge presented better and better views the higher we climbed. This is the last open bluff before Tin Hat summit, a somewhat flat and large, though uneven rock outcropping. We decided to build the cabin here.…Below follows a chronology of the construction of the hut which, complete with upgraded trail, took some 30 days over a period of about three months.”

The photos is titled: The first dusting of snow on Tin Hat Hut at the end of October.

Mike Massulo Photographer

I was editing this photo at dinner one evening in Isafjordur. One of the waitresses saw this house, recognized it, and said, “Oh that’s jklasdj(jkasdj^dhsaj”. Of course, I am doing my best to approximate the Icelandic language there…”

Thanks Trey, Iceland is on my bucket list of places I want to visit.

The dream child of Patrick and his two son, Hugo Charly journeyman carpenter and guitarist, has materialized in shacks perched ten meters high, anchored to the slender trunks of spruce.

To see pictures of the interior and read the complete article visit the Mon Jardin website.

The traditional Norwegian building called “Stabbur” and was used to store food. The two floors made it perfect for hanging meat from the ceiling in good distance from the claws of greedy animals. (Actually one of our readers just told me this photo was taken in Austria so the information above is incorrect, sorry about that!)

I think it would make a perfect little home and I think maybe this one has been converted into just that. What do you think? Happy Holidays!