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Gary Wang & Yang Lei's wedding on Bali

Last Sunday Gary and Yang Lei held their wedding ceremony in Tirtha Uluwatu, in the southern part of Bali. Gary (the CEO of Tudou) has become my best friend over the past years and I was honored to be his best man at the wedding. A bit unusual actually, because in China best men need to be single (not sure how this is in Europe actually), but I was happy when Gary asked me to do this. The wedding was planned only a few weeks ago, so there was not too much preparation time, but everything went...

No more swimming this vacation

This morning I went for a walk on the beach before breakfast. However, the walk had to be cut short because I stepped into something. It hurt a bit so I walked into the sea to clean my foot. When doing that I realized it was bleeding heavily and it may be more than just a small cut. So I walked back to the hotel as good as I could. There I tried to clean the wound in the shower, but it turned out this was not possible - it was actually quite deep and full of sand. Hmm, not good.So I called the...

Blogging from a Bali beach

Tuesday night my wife and I arrived on Bali for a short vacation. Normally Bali is not the best destination in August, because it is high season here, but when you go to a high-end resort you don't really see a big difference (except for higher prices of course). This weekend Gary is getting married here, and that's the main reason why we came here. I think it's great he took the decision to tie the knot, and this is a perfect location for it. I am actually going to be his grooms man, but I am...