There appear to be four villages, Astu, Puntu and Toncho east and west. Astu is the largest village and is the focal point of the valley for administration purposes.

The most interesting feature is a small lake. It's seems man made. However, there is no indication that these people have the technology to construct something like this. There are small channels leading to and from the lake into the river.



These people have very little interest in the world outside their valley and therefore there seems to be no desire to explore beyond their valley – they appear to be actively against it. Their whole culture seems to be deliberately isolationist.

Maybe they fear the pollution of their culture by outside influences if their presence becomes known? I suppose this is understandable. Many cultures have been destroyed after contact with the outside world.

How will they react when I want to leave? Will they allow me to leave?



The level of crime is very low in their close-knit community. There is a legal code of sorts though.

Their most important law is that no one should leave the valley.

For an act of physical violence punishments are based on an ‘eye for an eye’ principle with compensation for the victim where appropriate. For instance, the penalty for killing someone is death. In addition the perpetrator’s family are obliged to compensate the victim’s family. The penalty for injuring someone is that the guilty party receives the same injury and pays compensation to the victim.

The penalties for theft or damage to property are that compensation of several times the value of the property concerned is paid to the owner.

Any crime is judged by a group formed of the leaders from each village.