Kumarakom
Vembanad lake view from the resort we stayed in Kumarakom.
Author: Anil G Kurian
Engineer, Blogger, Photographer and Traveler.
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
Vagamon
Solo bike trip to Vagamon
Interceptor 650
Got my new ride – Royal Enfield Interceptor 650. After selling my old bullet and living without a ride for sometime, I badly wanted one. I took Himalayan, Thunderbird, Triumph Street Twin and Interceptor for rent to test drive. Street Twin was the best but at three times the price of Interceptor. Finally chose Interceptor,… Read More Interceptor 650
Pala
Rubber plantations in Pala
Calendar 2020
It is my 10 years of photography and my 10th Calendar now. Every year beginning I publish 12 of my favourite photos from last year as a Calendar for the current year. All my calendars can be seen here. Learnings It took me few years to understand that my real interest is in travelling &… Read More Calendar 2020
Savandurga
Savandurga is a hill 60 km west of Bengaluru, off the Magadi road. The hill is considered to be among the largest monolith hills in Asia. The hill rises to 1226 m above sea level and forms a part of the Deccan plateau. Read on… This was slightly easier than our earlier trekking to Madhugiri View from top of the hill
Kuttikanam
The photos are best viewed on a laptop/desktop A well deserved family holiday to Kuttikanam, around 2Hrs drive from my home-town Pala. The weather was clear after rains, fortunate for me to get some good photos. From Pala we drove towards Kanjirappally & Mundakayam crossing many Rubber plantations. Took a quick stop at the view points… Read More Kuttikanam
Wayanad
Yet another Wayanad trip in bike. Me and my colleague Ritesh (who just decided to join me last minute) started from Banglore in two bikes on Saturday morning 5.30AM, took Kanakpura road and then reached Wayanad after crossing my favourite Bandipur forest. As usual it was filled with lot of greenery and oxygen. My dearest… Read More Wayanad
