The river at Nura surrounded the village on three sides. The village itself was high on a bluff over the river valley - only accessable by steep trails.

As with Martee - the village had once been destoryed by flooding during the rainy season - so Nura relocated to higher ground.

This was the cleanest village we had been to. We also saw something unique to this village: Around each of the huts, there were sticks that had been collected, stacked and stored that lined the outside of each wall. We wondered what the purpose was. It appeared that they were preparing wood for each home's cooking fire - or getting ready for a long winter. However, we were there during their winter and it was 90 in the day and about 65 in the evening. Still, it was the only village that showed this kind of planning and forethought.