Munnar

Munnar is one of the most popular tourist places in Kerala, a mesmerising Hill station, located 1600m above sea level in southern “Western Ghats” (A mountain range in the west of India).

Munnar is situated at the confluence of Mudrapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala rivers. The speciality of Munnar is its cool climate and greenery. A vast area of Munnar is occupied by tea plantations and evergreen jungles.

The Whole hill area is known as “High range” and rarely “Kannan Devan Hills”. In the age of British empire they developed this area to cultivate tea plants. The Bungalows built by them are still there in use.

Several Protected Wildlife areas in Munnar attract many tourists. You can see several threatened and native species like Nilgiri Tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius), Grizzled Giant Squirrel, Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, Gaur, Sambar and Neelakurinji here.

Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) is a rare kind of plant blooms once in 12 years. Eravikulam National park is known for Neelakurinji, Nilgiri Tahr and a few other protected species. Neelakurinji last bloomed in 2006. A vast area of mountain covered with Neelakurinji, giving the whole area a blue shade is an amazing spectacle for the visitors…

Many residents of here are employed in Tourism business. In Munnar there are above 3000 small and big resorts and several small hotels and restaurants.

Didn’t visited Munnar yet…. Plan your next trip to Munnar……

Nearest airports: Madurai (140 km), Cochin (190 km)
Nearest railway stations: Theni (60 km), Changanacherry (93 km)

Kerala is one of the 50 greatest places of a lifetime and one of the 10 paradise found for National Geographic Traveler.

More Flood pictures

Boats replaces motor cycles when the roads submerged……..
Generally the people here rely more on motor bikes to travel….

The shutters of the dam opened when the river overflowed….

Monsoon fishing in rural areas of Kerala

In monsoon season, due to heavey rainfall rivers will overflow and the agriculture lands of the rural areas will be under water. At that time certain species of fishes from river and sea will arrive in the flooded agriculture lands.

That’s the time for fishing in the paddy fields……

You can see the pictures….

Most of them are not fishermen…..

A good spare-time activity with good revenue. They uses average sized fishing nets(See the picture) to catch fish.

Monsoon flood in Kerala

Water water everywhere………..

Record rainfall in Kerala… Paddy fields, roads everything under water. Many peoples lost their lives, crops and houses.

Only travel option in the flooded area is small boats.

You can see people waiting for boats to reach their houses…