cisco wrote:IMO the RLD has been cleaned up alot not once did i have the ppssssttt guys in my ear last trip July also less hang around junkies ! makes the RLD a bit safer but i think its lost a bit of its seediness and therefore a bit of carachter (sp)?
Summed it up for me too.
Yeah i can definately see why Pink Floyd is missed so much by a lot of people - i loved it in there. But quite a few memories of coffeeshops have changed for me over the years due to either redecoration or new laws. Drinking a beer, having and vapo and playing pool in De Kuil will always stick with me as a great memory!!
I feel that amsterdam has gained more a commercial vibe. The same chains seem to be taking over the town, it does bum me out a bit. But you have to search further for the old amsterdam experience i guess.
kibby wrote:All the junkies and child pervs have gone,
Dam is maryjane mecca if you can be assed to do some research
and explore the city/region/country.
Its good that you can walk around @ like 1-2am without being hassled near non stop,& places like haarlemmerstraat/nieumarkt are no longer "no go" zones for us solo travelers after dark,I 1st visited amsterdam back in the year 2000 & they were tons of dealers/junkies & even street prostitutes often just hanging around! & it was intimidating if you had to walk past them cos you knew someone was gona ask for something! ie a cigarette/change/light or even the time,The smoking ban/Mushrooms & the reduction of the windows aside amsterdam feels a lot better off without them like.
kibby wrote:All the junkies and child pervs have gone,
Dam is maryjane mecca if you can be assed to do some research
and explore the city/region/country.
Its good that you can walk around @ like 1-2am without being hassled near non stop,& places like haarlemmerstraat/nieumarkt are no longer "no go" zones for us solo travelers after dark,I 1st visited amsterdam back in the year 2000 & they were tons of dealers/junkies & even street prostitutes often just hanging around! & it was intimidating if you had to walk past them cos you knew someone was gona ask for something! ie a cigarette/change/light or even the time,The smoking ban/Mushrooms & the reduction of the windows aside amsterdam feels a lot better off without them like.
I think you both summed it up!
Peace,
Balou
Are you stoned? Like a gravel road bitch, like a gravel road!
I was wrong about Dutch pervs, this guy's in a league of his own.
University sacks peeping tom with camera
Thursday 22 October 2009
A worker at Radboud University in Nijmegen has been sacked on the spot for placing a webcam in aninvalid toilet, Nos tv reports.
The camera was spotted by university staff last week.
Nos says it is not clear which faculty was affected nor what the peeping tom was doing with the film. The people who found the camera are very shocked by the incident but have decided not to make a formal complaint, Nos says.
darkglobe wrote:I miss spending the afternoons in Pink Floyd listening to great sounds,smoking and drinking beer...
and i wouldn't mind going back to the 25 guilder baggys either...
I concur!
"Stoners... the only thing that bakes at room temperature..."
Really has gone thru some changes since my first trip 79'. Amsterdam has cleaned up a lot since those days but it only had a couple of coffeeshops back then. Love all the choices of coffeeshops there these days. Beautiful place beautiful people.
Peace 2 all...
