so like amsterdam.. basically tried most of the vices there.. smoking weed.. drinking... and eating space cakes (cakes with an additional of something special in it.. ).. yups.. basically all that is there to do in amsterdam.. while other than getting a hooker.. but.. i'll pass on that.. :P
so well.. like in brussels.. urinals.. are like BIG thing over here too.. as could be seen from the picture below..
the view from one of the many many brdiges in amsterdam.. since afterall.. amsterdam.. kinda like sg in a way or two.. started out as a port.. so like.. surrounded by water and sorts.. and apparently amsterdam is like below sea level.. and is maintained by like all those dams and stuff.. engineering gibberish.. so only provide bare essential information.. :P
so.. quaint.. couldnt resist..
gay flag!
sado-masochism flag
the only (pathetic) picture that i took of the red light district.. obviously u can see many red light here..fun fact 1: one fo the reason as to why they use red light is because it kinda hides ur flaws and shows u in the best possible light.. so like guys who wanna like get a girl here or something.. u are advised to open the window to "inspect" the good before purchasing.. :P
monument dedicated for prostitutes.. basically that of a woman in a window..
my main source of food in amsterdam.. CHINESE FOOD IN A BOX! fucking ex tho.. =.=
hehe irish pubs.. couldnt resist taking it.. tho i didnt go in.. :(
went to this like little small town that is like near amsterdam.. couldnt for the life of me remember tho.. zaan something dik or something..pretty place.. cute animals.. nice pretty cottages.. windmills!!
aint it looks like something that comes out of a fairytale?
went to this wooden shoe factory.. was cool.. apparently according to the writeup.. it stated that for marriages.. the groom need to carve a pair of clogs by hand and then carve in motifs with meanings or even the names of the brides andd wedding dates and stuff.. as a true expression of love!cute la.. thy power of love.. tskk..
examples of wooden clogs that were carved for wedding purposes..
this nice lady was kinda like the "dutch lady" u noe those u see on milk bottles and all.. all decked out in their customary outfits and all.. and i love the feeling of hugging her.. its like u can just sink into her kidna feeling.. ITS REALLY GREAT!! loves..
obligatory picture of windmills..
another fairytale-comes-to-life pictureat this little town we saw 2 couples getting hitched.. pretty cool.. especially the bridesmaid.. they were wearing like their native outfits or something.. really pretty really sweet...
evidence of the box containing those weed cigarettes..horrible tho.. didnt get high.. damn but ya.. horrible kinda wasted the first 2 sticks smoking.. THE WRONG WAY! gee.. ya so like after the shop owner had to come and tell us that we were doing it wrongly we finally corrected our mistake and inhaled a big puff.. sucks la..
im so not cut out to be a smoker.. urghh.. yucks
space cakes.. we kinda bout like 1 each and brought it back to the hostel to eat it jsut in case we both get totally high or something.. in the end.. NOTHING.. no effect whatsoever.. stupid.
buildings in amsterdam.. notice the hooks at the top.. its kinda for them to move furniture into the house via a pulley system cus the door is too small and like the windows are bigger so like move in thru the windows.. another reason is cus the steps in amsterdam are FUCKING steep.. (as would be shown in picture later) so like it poses as a serious problem for the movers.. soo... windows it is!
gaps between the buildings.. cus of the grounds in amsterdam.. something bout the soil being soft and the buildings sinking into it or something of that sort.. kinda tilted too.. btw..
ok.. notice the seperators sorta looking thingy at the left side of the wall/mirror.. it acts as a deterrent to peeing on the doorsteps.. cus like if u attempt to even try peeing there be it a drunken or sober state.. it will kinda backfire and u get piss all voer ur shoes and stuff.. soo... not a really great idea.. but on the other hand.. when u are pissed.. u tend to not consider so much? u noe? but oh wells.. i have no idea tho whether it really works or not..
in the past.. they kinda have such stuff outside their homes to identify their residence.. usually with pictures of what they dofor occupation.. i have no diea bout this family tho.. got me totally stumped there..
so like europeans really have a very interesting way of charging taxes in those olden days.. in amsterdam.. or rather netherlands.. its judged by the width of ur house.. so like as u can see.. there is like this SMALLEST house in amsterdam.. (its the one painted reddish maroonish colour fyi)
this cool guy doing caricutures of others in a shopping mall..
apparently we were in amsterdam on world pillopw fight day.. but apaprently i didnt know of such an event till i got back to lulea and talked to my frens..so like.. din get to join in the fun..remnants of the cotton and feathers or whatever else u put in the pillow were still floating around the area in the late evening.. (at this was down in around early afternoon? around 2 ish prolly?! )
chinese food in a box!
the mandatory river cruise in amsterdam.. not bad.. but as budget travellers splurging only on vice and food.. we took the cheapest river cruisesso like ti was recorded commentary which was kinda a disappointment.. but.. oh wells..
the dams..
steep steep stairs of amsterdam
last meal in amsterdam.. pizza and coffee.. another one of my main form of meals there AFTER i realised chinese food in a box is blowing my budget to shreds.. :Pso there people. finally.. all settled and done.. bout my travels around uk and bit more.. hehe
one of the major misconception of amsterdam is that it is really dangerous.. however.. surprisingly or simply because almsot everything is legalised here.. they tend to come down even harder on rule breakers.. like the hookers arent suppose to like "do business" on the streets.. so if they even step out of their windows.. that's it.. cus there are like aplenty of policemen patrolling around.. as in REALLY alot.. and like no pimping allowed...
apparently like due to the many public urinals in the streets of amsterdam.. the females in amsterdam actually staged like a mass peeing session on one of their bridges in their attempt to demand for free peeing places for females too.. so like tons of women march up onto the bridge, lift their skirts and peed all over the bridge.. their attempt was successful initially.. and like those made shift toilets (like in sg) are like build all over the places for females.. but like cus its enclosed and all so it became a popular place for ppl to like do drugs and stuff there so in the end all those lone cubicles were closed down/locked down.. and so now guys can pee for free in amsterdam but girls have to pay to pee.. :(
oh oh and there was this kindergarden in the middle of the red light district.. so one day a tc crew actually went to the kindergarden and ask the children like whether they know what the women in those windows are doing.. and apparently this little girl raised her hand and said that their teacher told them that the women are selling kisses.. cute rite..
prostitution is seen as a legitimate form of work in amsterdam not looked upon with tainted glasses.. earlier on it was even seen as a sacrifice for other women.. to satisfy to wants of those sailors that docked on their ports.. to prevent married women or like young eligible ladies to be raped.. these prostitutes sacrifice themselves..
cant remember much liaos.. but that's bout most of the interesting fun facts bout amsterdam.. oh and before this ends.. 1/3 of the red light district has already closed down and is slowly and steadily disappearing cus the govt wanna promote netherlands for its other features : cheese, wooden clogs, windmills.. rather than have visitors to jsut come amsterdam for its vices and then leave..s oo... woes to all.. so come soon if u wanna come at all! :)
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