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A 5-day vacation in Bali 13 years ago changed his entire career plan. Now, he's married with 2 kids and calls the island home.

Glass doors let natural light into the home.Amanda Goh/Business InsiderSimen Platou fell in love with Bali, Indonesia, during a 5-day vacation.Those days stretched into 6 months, and eventually, he decided the island was where he wanted to live.It's been 13 years since he left Norway, and he doesn't think he'll move back anytime soon.It's been 13 years since Simen Platou moved to Bali from Norway, and he remembers his first visit to the Indonesian island clearly.Back then, he was doing an internship in Vietnam, and a group of Indonesian couch surfers who were living with him planted the idea of visiting Bali in his head.Intrigued by their stories, Platou decided he wanted to see the island for himself.

 

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