The banks were graded, rising to the level of the houses, which seemed to be square hard mud roofed with palm thatch.

Around 1995-1996, Tortuguero's houses were still primarily roofed with palm thatch.

Others snored and all the time the rain pounded loudly against the thin palm thatch above their heads.

Some distance from the house, on a separate rise, a large, plain, mud-daub building stood, roofed with palm thatch.

The palm thatch rustled in the evening breeze.

Above us, the palm thatch hissed like a roof full of snakes.

The native vegetation provided them with the raw materials for their housing needs (timber, palm thatches, etc.).

The room was aromatic with wood oils and dried palm thatch.

All are constructed of local hardwoods and palm thatch.

Our house is made of mud-battered walls and palm thatch, but is different from all other houses in Kilanga.