Mattupatti Dam, near Munnar, Kerala

Mattupatti dam is near Munnar hills in Kerala state. The dam was almost devoid of water when I visited it in the last week of May 2019. With rains predicted to come in about 10 days time, I could sense that the vast space of the dam was patently for the waters to flow in, to be full till its brim. There were occasional visitors and I could even see some tourists going on in boats. The beautiful contours left by the receding waters have created wonderful graphical patterns.  The sun was its peak and the heat was too much. Still, the area had a beautiful ambience. 

The water near the dam had these green algae growing giving its beautiful hues. 

The boatmen were waiting for the tourists too - may be the last set of tourists since it will all come to an end once the monssons start I suppose.

The Honey bee tree in Munnar (Kerala)

 This is a huge tree while one goes from Munnar to Mattupatty dam. One can see huge bee-hives on this tree. Though I have seen similar bee-hives in other places as well especially when goes up from Thiruppattur to Yelagiri hills. The hives at Munnar are at a distance of about 4-5 kms from Munnar to Mattupatti road and I could almost all the vehicles taking a stop to see and take photos of this tree.

Interestingly, there is only one tree having all these hives. Quite honey-bee-friendly tree it should be !!!