Sunset near Pala
On a morning ride I found this beautiful view about 10km from my house. Its west facing, so I planned to go again on an evening to see the sunset & I got the second photo. Guess the coconut tree in this picture!
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Calendar 2021
My 11th Calendar. Favourite photos from 2020 for Calendar 2021. This year I was fortunate to travel a lot locally and all the pictures are captured around 100KM radius from my home town Pala. Location names are embedded in the photos. Click here to view all my previous calendars.
Gavi
Most overrated place in Kerala, all because of this beautiful film called Ordinary. Its a single road, one-way from Ranni which goes via Gavi to Vandiperiyar. On the way there are 5 water dams and power stations associated with it and I guess thats the only reason a road was constructed in the middle of… Read More Gavi
Idukki
See the route map below, I drew a 200 km long Heart at the Heart of Kerala in my bike. First headed towards Idukki from Pala. Stopped at Nadukani view point to see the breathtaking view of Moolamattom town. From the view point you can see the town as a valley between two mountains. The… Read More Idukki
Kollam
Previous day I visited Kumarakom and halted in Kottayam in my sister’s place. Morning I started from Kottayam towards Kollam. After driving through NH 47 for sometime, I could see the Arabian sea parallel to the road on my right side. Randomly stopped at a point and was lucky to found this small hidden beach.… Read More Kollam
Sabarimala
Morning when I started riding to Poonjar from home in Pala, I had no further plans. But after reaching there I felt the drive was finished soon. Then I saw a signboard to Sabarimala and picked up that direction. The thought process was to drive till the roads are good and I am not tired.… Read More Sabarimala
Kuttikanam
Drove to Kuttikanam, my cousin also joined in his bike. We started from home after breakfast. The roads are amazing for bikers till Kuttikanam. From there we headed towards vagamon and then back to Pala via Thodupuzha. Here are some of the photos, please see them in a big screen instead of mobile.
Kumarakom
Vembanad lake view from the resort we stayed in Kumarakom.
Missing Spark History logs
Problem We have multiple Spark jobs running during ETL phase of our application. Some of them are really large and complicated jobs which takes hours to complete. One of such job, which uses GraphX & Pregal libraries, started failing after running for sometime. We use Spark History server to debug any jobs after they are… Read More Missing Spark History logs
Melukav
Suddenly decided to go for a short drive Sunday after noon and it ended up up with a 100km ride & the most enjoyable ride so far in my Interceptor. I didn’t have a destination in mind, but was just following the road and finally reached Melukav. It’s a shame for me to say that… Read More Melukav
