Thursday, December 16, 2004
@ Amsterdam Now
This is my 2nd day @ Dam. Arrived here yesterday early morning. Walked around the city. And chilled at the hostel last night.
Hmm .... what should I say about the Dam .... hmmm ..... well, it is cold. Something like 0 to 5 degrees. Given that I was in the Desert 5 days around and sun-bathing on my last day in India which was only 3 days ago, I feel like I'm in a totally different part of the world .... wait a minute, I AM in a different part of the world .... must be the cold .....
So, for those who dunno anything about Amsterdam, they are famous in the world for 2 things. One, Red Light District. Two, weed everywhere.
Can't comment on the second on or else my parents will be on my ass. But I'll say I chilled with the guys (2 americans, 3 japs, and 2 CANADIAN !!) in the hostel last night and had fun.
So, about the Red Light District (RLD). I didn't really walk around the RLD after 8pm cuz I was too drunk in the hostel. But I did walked around it from 4 to 6. And I can tell you, yes, you can do hookers window shopping. But was I impressed ? HELL NO !! Those "girls" there are fucking aunties !!! Man, maybe the hots ones aren't out until late at night. But for the ones that I did saw, all I can say is ... "holy shit .... I wanna puke". But I'll give the place another try later tonight. Gonna join some "safe tour" provided by the tourist agency. I've heard (from the waitress where I had dinner last night) that it is not as safe as it used to be at night. Especially that incident that happened. Remember about a month ago, a Deutch director got killed in Amsterdam becuz he filmed a contraversy movie ? Yeah, that's the incident.
Anyways .... enough about the RLD. The thing I'm impressed the most while I'm here are really :
a) fashion
b) interior design
c) the city itself
Ppl here are cool. Meaning, they all dress like models. The clothings that I've saw here are way better than the ones in HK or Canada or the States. I dunno, maybe it is just my personal preference. But IF i do have the money, I would've probably burn them all here for clothings ....
And the interior design of stores and restaurants here are slick. Even thou we have similar ones back in downtown toronto, but still, every store here are cool.
The city itself is filled with canals. I even toke a boat curise tour around the city. This place is kinda like Venice. You guys can see by the map below.
City map
Anyways, running outta time in the internet cafe. Gotta go. Later.
Hmm .... what should I say about the Dam .... hmmm ..... well, it is cold. Something like 0 to 5 degrees. Given that I was in the Desert 5 days around and sun-bathing on my last day in India which was only 3 days ago, I feel like I'm in a totally different part of the world .... wait a minute, I AM in a different part of the world .... must be the cold .....
So, for those who dunno anything about Amsterdam, they are famous in the world for 2 things. One, Red Light District. Two, weed everywhere.
Can't comment on the second on or else my parents will be on my ass. But I'll say I chilled with the guys (2 americans, 3 japs, and 2 CANADIAN !!) in the hostel last night and had fun.
So, about the Red Light District (RLD). I didn't really walk around the RLD after 8pm cuz I was too drunk in the hostel. But I did walked around it from 4 to 6. And I can tell you, yes, you can do hookers window shopping. But was I impressed ? HELL NO !! Those "girls" there are fucking aunties !!! Man, maybe the hots ones aren't out until late at night. But for the ones that I did saw, all I can say is ... "holy shit .... I wanna puke". But I'll give the place another try later tonight. Gonna join some "safe tour" provided by the tourist agency. I've heard (from the waitress where I had dinner last night) that it is not as safe as it used to be at night. Especially that incident that happened. Remember about a month ago, a Deutch director got killed in Amsterdam becuz he filmed a contraversy movie ? Yeah, that's the incident.
Anyways .... enough about the RLD. The thing I'm impressed the most while I'm here are really :
a) fashion
b) interior design
c) the city itself
Ppl here are cool. Meaning, they all dress like models. The clothings that I've saw here are way better than the ones in HK or Canada or the States. I dunno, maybe it is just my personal preference. But IF i do have the money, I would've probably burn them all here for clothings ....
And the interior design of stores and restaurants here are slick. Even thou we have similar ones back in downtown toronto, but still, every store here are cool.
The city itself is filled with canals. I even toke a boat curise tour around the city. This place is kinda like Venice. You guys can see by the map below.
City map
Anyways, running outta time in the internet cafe. Gotta go. Later.
