Would you still go back?

[codejd]

#2.

[DanFromUk]

option 3. lovely city, just wouldn't go as much.

Same As Cantona

[Twichaldinho]

Option 3 for me. I might actually do something worthwhile If there were no pot-shops.

[gixxer]

option 2 for me. as much as i love the place, its the freedom of being able to sit and smoke without feeling like a criminal that i go for.

after my trip last week i cant see myself going back again as i feel ive seen it, done it and got the bloody t shirt

[evergrey1968]

Option 1, am just an occasional smoker, love the country anyway, and given that we've just rented a new house over there and am offski as soon as I can sell my flat, I think my other half might get a wee bit annoyed if I didn't come back

Assuming that Geert will let me back in of course, I don't own any Cat Stevens CD's so I should be okay....

I guess my situation is quite different though.

[Twichaldinho]

....Assuming that Geert will let me back in of course, I don't own any Cat Stevens CD's so I should be okay....

[spireax]

I'd still go back, but no way as many times as I go now. And I wouldn't be planning my next trip as soon as I returned
but like kingdoc said there might still be ways to score - waterlooplein market's pretty good as it is, but I don't know if I'd fly to another country on the off chance of buying weed from some dodgy geezer - and anyway weren't the dutch trying to remove all the whispering dealers, closing the CS will be a good way to bring em back

The whispering dealers are selling hard drugs.

If it was down to buying off the street or a dodgy dealer how differant would it be from any other city in the world, it's not like Amsterdam is the weed mecca of the world either, I must admit I doubt I'd be in a hurry to go back, I keep putting off places like Brugges and Paris because Amsterdam has always had the coffeeshops.

Way back when I first went the whispering dealers were selling anything 'cheaper then coffeshop' and 'best in amsterdam' - you know I miss their cheeky little faces

[Carlos]

#2. So many places in the World to visit. The weed combined with the close proximity and the cheap cost of flights is why I keep going back. Without the weed I don't see the point, done/seen most of the things to see/do there over the years anyway.

[darkglobe]

2...I've been so many times,i only go for the Smoke now...tho i would miss walking/cycling around the canals and admiring the scenery ...
but then i could put the money into growing my own ...

[liquidSwords]

No 2 for me, I wouldnt go again if i couldnt relax in a coffeeshop with a spliff!!!. I've seen Amsterdam, so the only reason i keep going back is to enjoy the freedom of smoking a spliff, drinking a nice cup of coffee or hot chocolate and chatting aload of rubbish to whoever i meet in the shop

[spidergawd]

Well I hit No.3, after a bit of deliberation admittedly. I think my first ever trip to Mokum was in 1964 when I was a Seaman and then for the next 20 years. After that a bit of a break during the 80's (kids, no money) I got the bug again and have been a fairly regular visitor since, but I've tended to spend more time in other parts of the Netherlands as I like doing cycle trips. I certainly wouldn't go so regularly if there wasn't any puff to be had, it's the only way a chap in my condition could do a 90km bike ride in a day. Without a bit of Super Silver rocket fuel my journeys would be much shorter.
Would I never go there again? I think I probably would just for old times sake but it would be a sad day indeed to see the character of Holland so changed.

[ftcarer]

I'd def go for atleast 1 last trip if anything just to have a last long wander about

[roker]

Of course I would...any 'pass system' can be cracked...simply buy a pass at Utrecht Hoog Catherijne, Den Haag Holland Spoor, or Rotterdam Centraal... said in the voice of the lovely lady on the intercom at Dutch railway stations...haha

[atemate]

Voted 2. As much as I like the place, after 6 trips there's really not that much new and different for me. Maybe I would head to south east asia, morocco or cali for weed break.

[Dave J]

I voted option 2, as like the above poster there cant be to much left to see after 5 trips in my case.

But what I would do it leave it 10 years and then go back again to see how the place has changed. So if it does change a lot in the next 12 months then april will be my last trip for a good 10 years I feel.