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Right here we go day 1 , 26/10/10
Get to the airport about 04:00 , flight leaves at 06:15 , land at 08:15 & i'm in Hunters 24 by 09:20
Grab 1g each of SoGouda , Chronic & 100% , SoGouda looks & tastes lovely , nice & stoned very quickly .
Drop my bag at the Old Quarter , then head off down to Sheeba , stilll shut , bugger , off to HSB@Markt , get HSS , looks ok but smells weaker than last time , grab an OJ & go & sit in the back room .
Roll a 100% J , 100% strong zesty taste & smell but looks like shit imo lol , does the job though & i'm buzzing all over
Head up to Voyagers about 10:45ish , say hello to HB , check out & take a few menu pics , then decide on 1g Power Plant X Blueberry & 1/2 g of Butter .
Sit & chat with HB for a bit , smoke a Chronic J , nice mellow smoke , roll a PP X BB J , realise that while Chronic seemed mellow , that & the last of the 100% high has me pretty wrecked Stay until 11:30 , before I go ask Hb if he has a fav shop or place he buys from regular ? " errr , no " lol, mention that i'm off for a few souveniers & he tells me about the E5 shop in the square , that'll do me
Shopping done , back to Sheeba to spend the leftover E20 ProffessorX gave me ( ty) on some Mango Haze , once there though the MH look to bitty to me & just didn't smell that good so passed on it , ended up leaving with 1g of Red Libanon.
Back to my room to unpack , light up the PPXBB another pleasant mellow buzz.Rolled a small butter/baccy J , small red lib , a HSS & a HSS/SoGouda mix .
Quick change & clean up , downstairs to change tv remote then off out to Betty Boop .
Very disappointed once I get there , bt was in a good enough mood but the menu was shocking , didn't even bother for a pic , now anyone who read my last 2 reports will know I really like Betty Boop , their Darkstar was/is 1 of the best smokes i've had , but this menu had if memory serves , Power Plant(which i didn't check) ,LA Con? whatever it was it looked horrible) & Afghan Hash everything else was crossed out
& overall the general mood was very low , so no buys & off I go .
Straight to Abraxas Too , "got any John Sinclair" smelt just like it did in June , what a strong smell too, really looking forward to smoking this again
Headed out , lost weed in the Amsterdam Triangle opposite Rockland then back up to GA .
"No 4077 mate"? "all gone man" " ahh fuck it , I love that shit " " it had a big following " , so what to get now ? Go for 3.5g Kutchi very nice it smells to
Ask the owner ( clear this up for me people , is his name John a fairly tall guy with dark hair ? he's served me everytime i've brought from there)
what he thinks about the no tourists in coffeeshops that may be happening , " no fuckng way " , " maybe in smaller towns but here , nah " , " to much is made here for them to ever want to stop " , sounds good to me
Again not stopping off out & over to Paradox , smoking Red Lib along the way , nice & spicy, past the Pirate Lady & find Paradox easily enough , get E5 bags of Cheese, LA Con, & Chocolata , then a E5 bag of Kushi ( owners rec & smells like GA's Kutchi) , order a cheese & ham toastie & a banana shake , have a quick chat with the guy about what a good rep the shop & smoke have which he is very pleased to hear about
Roll the cheese up , not that strong smelling or tasting but hits me quick enough
Stay until 15:00 & either the cheese or build-up of everything i've has so far has me fucked
Take a slow stoned walk down to Huidenstraat intending to go into Xtreme but even though I take a pic of the front , I see Chocolate Pompadour up the road and wander in to grab some chocs for the kids , when I come out I forgot all about Xtreme & walked down to Tweede Kamer .
Riffman was on the menu with Aziza being the top choice , mentioned to the bt that i'd tried Habibi in the summer & loved that so how did the Aziza compare , "it's the level below, the Habibi is totally better though , much higher standard " , got a g anyway , then wandered off to Kadinsky's . In " 1g of trans Himalayan please " , "ty , bye " , wander up towards the hotel pick up some baccy,chocomel & juice then back to my room for a quick re-group.
16:15 now , smoking LA Con watching people walk past below , , roll up j's of John Sinclair , Kutchi, Aziza, TH & a Kutchi/Chronic mix then out for 17:00
Straight into Hunters 24 , get a hot choc & cream , spark up the JS & go online to make a quick update about the Aziza being around .
17:30 head back over to GA to try & catch Gapie , can't see him anywhere & it's fairly packed so just wander for a while smoking whatever j I pull out of the bag .
End up ay Wonder Wok then back to room to eat quick , Smoke a HSS j while rolling a HSS/TH for the bag
19:15 slowly heading towards Anyday , pass by Soup Kitchen on the way get into Anyday for 19:45 , get 1g of Durban Poison, a chocomel & a top for the Verdamper & head upstairs .
Put the ACD map on the table , load the DP in the Verdamper & light up the Kutchi/Chronic j .
DP gives a sweet but very quick up through the Verdamper , very nice for the price & lovely taste Light another j , more DP V's ( found 5 seeds ) , by 20:20 no-one else here , 3 french guys at 1 table but they have no idea about ACD .
20:30 1 guy turns up , says he recognises the map , has used the forum but not much but saw the T&T and dropped in , cool , but i'm very fucked by now & his eyes looked barely open when he came in , all I remember is he came from Seattle & had spent alot of time in Blues Brothers Left about 21:00 , he didn't want to come to Nes so we parted ways , ** whoever you were , if you read this cheers for coming & sorry I was far to stoned to be much company lol **
Quick stop at hotel , grab choccy fingers , then off to Nes, see DC hand over fingers & get introduced to murphyscafe & his brother ( alright gents ) 2 top blokes , don't remember or have written much , do remember staying a while & talking about shit weed at home , why you should grow your own & that clubs make great munchies lol & that I knocked a drink everywhere & missed wetting every j but my own ;-( oh also , mad selection of baggies there DC
@ murphyscafe ( & tell your bro) still don't think you'd get me on a scooter while wrecked , ur bro made it sound hair raising enough & I already have plenty of grey 1's , cheers again gents , you to DC maybe see you at 420/11
Left about 23:30 with serious munchies , ended up getting Wonder Wok again then Frites then 3 McD's doughnuts .
End up outside Resin but it's heaving inside & don't fancy that so keep going , go into an empty HSB at 00:25 , ask for a hot chocolate but am told by the lbt , "sorry i've turned all the machines off" , up to Hunters 24 ,which is packed, " can I get a hot chocolate & cream please " , " sure no problem " sorted , sit at the window , smoking TH Leave at 01:00 when hunters shuts , back to room , chill for a bit while smoking DP , back out for a walk & smoke before sleep , leave a Kutchi/butter j for when I get back .
Walk about smoking the last little bit of cheese , watch a CS's cash box being taken away with a few quick looks around before they jump in a waiting car .
Wander for a while , from Zeedijk , right down past Basjoe , back over to the Square then back up to Warmoesstraat , back in hotel at 02:30 , roll a few j's while smoking the Kutchi/Butter mix sleep about 04:00 .

Few pics from day 1

That was some typing FT I'm sure it took fucking ages

Nice report with good detail, not bad as you did appear to be pretty fucked most of the time the pics are top quality too, love the one of the ferris wheel - magic, I'm shit at taking night time photos

Oh and a word of warning if you knock a drink over me or my weed during 420 I will have to take a swing at ya

Rufus wrote:That was some typing FT I'm sure it took fucking ages

Nice report with good detail, not bad as you did appear to be pretty fucked most of the time the pics are top quality too, love the one of the ferris wheel - magic, I'm shit at taking night time photos

Oh and a word of warning if you knock a drink over me or my weed during 420 I will have to take a swing at ya

Cheers Rufus my tentative plans for 420 are roll in the corner then sit on my hands lol

27/10/10
Sleep through 2 alarms but am awake for 09:10 , sit by the window & finish the last dregs of the Kutchi/Butter j , then go down for a breakfast of 3 pieces of toast with 6 packs of jam , 2 fried eggs , the nastiest piece of bacon? i've ever seen (i'm not a bacon lover anyway but it looked like it was eaten before being given to me ) & a cup of coffee , all done , bacon? left back upstairs , light something , wash dress out by 10:00 .Raining
Rockland triangle sorted , walk down Singel , heading towards MY ,get to Muntplein nearly go the wrong way then bump into murphyscafe quick chat ,say i'm off to MY then Media/Katsu ect , he tells me if i'm waliking as far as MY I shouldn't bother with the tram & just keep walking (took his advice , didn't realise that MY & Media were so close to each other) , say our goodbyes & off I go .
Get to MY , grab 4g's BB , smell reminds me of when I first smelt it on my 1st trip last year , get a menu pic then straight out to find Media
Nice walk down & I find Media easily enough , friendly bt , quick chat settle on 1g Hindu Kush which smells lovely & a bit spicy ?
Guy buzzes me through , grab a pear looza , sit down & roll up a HK j
At first again a nice mellow smoke , but turns into a creeper , which knocks the crap out of me & i'm suitably stoned quick enough Stay until 12:00 , as i'm leaving BT asks how I found the HK, tell him about it being a creeper which gets a smile & a nod of agreement , have a quick chat about the good rep of the shop , that gets a smile & " it's what we aim for " .

Head off to find Katsu , once there I decide not to go straight in but to have a walk around the market 1st, pick up a scarf for wifey , back to Katsu , E20/1.7g? Black Widow , which smelt very earthy/dank to me , get a chocomel & sit at the back of the shop .
Feels like a fucking oven in here & few people in , roll up the BW & chill for a while
Watch as a young guy comes in & is asked for id , seems a bit surprised to be asked .
Lbt strikes me as quite sensible really, younglooking cleanshaven lad gets asked for id , me , short greying beard & hair doesn't .
Black Widow , fuck this shits strong bit harsh but a quick solid full body stone , very very nice ( if this is original White Widow & who hasn't had what is now going as WW then someone or someones need a fucking slap for diluting it to what is now WW )
Leaving Katsu a nice very stoned walk leads me past D&L , I wasn't planning to go in but thought fuck it , while i'm here
Get 1g Silver Haze , smells nice enough but not to strong but for E6.5 i'm not arguing & the bt gives me a pack of papers for nothing aswell , cheers .
Carrying on my walk eventually gets me to YoYo , even if I do walk past it 2 bloody times before I spot it & then only because I happened to stop & check my map right outside of the place
Get a g of Dutch Passion & 0.9g of Master Kush , quick chat with the owner/bt about how peaceful the area is & "can I have a pic of the menu please"? , "well yes I don't see why not , but can't understand why you would want 1 " , lol
Order some apple cake, cream & an OJ , while i'm wating a local asks me if I have any fire ? you what ?? but then getting what he means , lend him my lighter
Sit , eat & chill & roll up a Dutch Passion j , nice enough buzz , bit harsh with an earthy/soily taste .
Leave at 14:00 to find Kabouter & get happily lost along the way wandwering around .
Eventually get there & get 1g Amnesia Haze , head straight out & up to De Graal , menu doesn't look that good but a happy smiley lbt shows me almost evry strain of hash they have , in the end i just say "can I see the softest hash you have please" , I get shown the Kashmir , lovely looking & smelling piece of hash , very very soft in the bag , "1g please" .
Off out , get on the tram , look for someone to pay , no-one in the middle , squeeze through to 1 end , nope , go to the other , nope , fuck , should pay someone ?? bit stoned & confused I got off 2-3 stops later lol, then took a slow walk up to Dampkring .in , packed to fuck , out , cross over to Kadinsky , another g of TH yum yum
Walk over to Greenhse Centrum but don't like/feel the vibe/mood in there so carrying on head back over to Warmoesstraat then down into Babylon .
Read good things here on ACD regarding Babylon & their Tidighin ( whoever it was ty , good choice nice bit of smoke ) so thought why not Looked & smelt good enough .
Back to hotel , open the window wide & spark up some BB , still only 16:00
Am planning to head over to Barneys Uptown tonight to check it out as i've never been & Proff'X said I should as he had a great time there at the start if october .
Roll up j's of BW, TH, Kashmir, Kushi, Silver Haze & Am Haze, finish the BB & light the Am Haze- very smooth smoke , very nice high
Have a bit of a clean up & pack up a few things to save time in the morning , 17:00 ring wifey for a chat ,"if you could try 1 smoke from here , which would it be "? 17:30 head out to Hunters 24.
Hot chocomel & cream , smoking TH , go online put up another T&T for Voyagers at 20:30 , more than enough time to get to Barneys & back.
Walk over to Haarlemmerstraat , into Barneys CS , get 1 g of Vanilla Kush , going on good reviews rather than smell because I can barely smell it ???
Over to Uptown to smoke , get an over pulpy(?) Oj & roll up the VK, can still barelt smell it when rolling or once it's lit , bt asks me if I could move from a group table to a smaller 1 as i'm on my own , no problem , sitting smoking , stilll can't smell thr VK then bang , stoned , fuck me this stuff is good even if I can't smell it lol, stealth weed lol
Not really liking Uptown ( nothing really against it , VK was excellent , just again didn't feel it in there ) I move on & end up in Rokerij II , "any Super Silver Haze" , "no" , "ok bye" , over to 420 , "any SSH2 , " sure ", smells good but not to strong get 1g , back to Hunters 24 , "SSH please " , fuck me , this stuff bloody stiiinks , hits you as soon as the tubs open , looks great , dry but sticky as , "1g please" def got charged E13 for it which i'm sure of because I wrote it down , think i was done for 50cent lol
Get to Voyagers about 20:15 , again chat with HB & smoke , menu has changed from yesterday , now has Headband on it which will be Voyagers cup entry , at the mo they have 50g's when it's gone it's gone until cupweek (remember this was on the 27/10 people don't moan at me if you go in the week before & can't get any lol) HB shares a Am Haze volcano bag with me ,lovely , very tasty it was also grab a cake to take home.
Stay until 21:30 chatting & smoking , then head off for munch , pass by Hunters 24 to check for any late T&T's or any tomorrow , but nothing & i'm noy anymore up lol
Back to Wonder Wok again , love their food , take it down to the square & watch the fair & people for a bit .
Head up NZ Voor towards HGF and ask to smell their SSH , which the bt just starts weighing out , " no mate can I smell it first" shows me the tub with a grunt but it doesn't cut it smells like 420 's & again nowhere near Hunters ( HGF , think i've been in every trip & not been that impressed , so unless theres good reports of a certain strain doubt i'll bother going back)
Decide to go back to Anyday , once there settle on the Charras & have a chat with the bt (young guy with dreads , same 1 as June CalX ) who's a really nice guy , again happy to hear that they have a good rep & again that it's what they try to achieve .
Ask about the Stella Blue , mentioning how alot of people really liked it & alot are unhappy it's not around anymore , I know most of you know what happened but, he tells me that it came from a local private grower & it was the only thing they brought from him , the mother plant died & that was it but he/Anyday had the genetics safe & were waiting/trying to grow it as an outdoor strain , so it might be back people , never got to try it so fk's if it will be as good if they do get it back. Also after seeing me put the Charras baggie into the small tin I have he offers to give me a small plastic container for it , looks like 1 of those little paint by numbers pots

Walk back to the hotel ,along the way pass down a road , not sure which 1 but it was 1 of those with a tubular riser barrier at the end of it , taxi drove up , stopped barrier went down taxi drove over , lady in the people carrier behind kept driving aswell , barrier came back up & lifted the front of her car off the floor with a very loud crack then went back down , lol, she got out in hysterics ,screaming " I didn't see it " over & over , stoned as I was , I wasn't the person she needed around , asked if she was alright then left her with a crowd around her , I went past a taxi laughing my head off explaining what had happend , 23:15 , back at hotel , do a bit more packing , quick rest then head back out to the square & the profferjes stall , shut , bollocks was looking forward to them lol
Wander about smoking fk's , just been taking j's from the bag & smoking them for a while now & find a small bakery which looks ok ( fuckall like those oh so inviting looking 1's on warmoesstraat anyway;-) mmmmm yes please , tried once , never again lol ) & does what i'm after , 1 plate of profferjes with sugar & syrup later , i'm walking somewhere & smoking something
My balance is all over the place & I keep missing steps lol Can't decide where to go , so with my feet & back hurting I shuffle up to Hunters 24 again , unlucky for me the girl working tonight says she can't make me a hot drink as they close in 5mins , it's 00;30 but whatever , in no mood for any kind of arguing so just sit down & roll a Charras j, find it fairly hard to roll , end up just breaking as small as poss pieces off, very clean smoke but a bit harsh , no bothers me atall & i leave at 00:50 for my room next door
Pack almost everything , roll a couple of j's of SSH & head back out , wander fk's where , just wander about & smoke
Get back to the room at 02:30 & roll up everything I have left , smoke until around 04:30ish knackered & my right heel is hurting like fuck Being wrecked as poss has def helped
Set alarm & go to sleep .

Few pics from day 2










apparently BNE has something to do with an graffiti artist & these stickers have been seen fucking everywhere , from Cali across USA , acroos Europe & out to Asia/Japan

Nice report & photos.

Thanks

Ty gents

Top job, where's the location of the bench made of tiles from day one?

Boner wrote:Top job, where's the location of the bench made of tiles from day one?

Here!

Boner wrote:Top job, where's the location of the bench made of tiles from day one?

Cheers Boner , the tile bench is just up from Green Place , walk up turn right across the canal as soon as you can as it's right in front of you , this was my 4th trip & i don't know if it's new but don't remember seeing it before looked pretty cool to me

Cheers, I must have walked past that a thousand times.

28/10/10
Set my alarms for 08:30 & 09:30 but sleep through both , wake up look at phone , 10:03 , shit checkouts at 10:00 good job I already packed most of my things but means no brekkie here. Light something , washed , dressed , last bits packed & go & check out , leaving my bags for later .
Start walking , Damrak, NZ Voor, past Anyday , past a still closed GA , Rockland triangle , back across Dam Square , past a still closed Basjoe , down past Bluebird/Reefer , all the way out to Overkant Hortus
Check the menu & ask to smell the Power Flower , sold out , ask for bt/owners rec , he shows me Tricky Dicky & Sweet Jane , saying TD is a stronger smoke , SJ looks & smells better imo so get 1g of that & a chocomel , ask for & get a few menu pics
Stand at the table in the middle drink my drink & roll a SJ j Not very comfortable standing so head off soon enough, watch the bridge raise to let a boat through .
( when I wrote that last bit up a bit later on in the day in Paradox I must have been wrecked on something as I wrote it out twice almost word for word lol )

Walk for a while & end up on Prinsengracht passing by La Tertulia? , keep going up to WesterMarkt , end up at Paradox , get a chocomel ,sit smoke & roll another SJ j ,
only me & the owner in the shop , ask about the no tourists in CS's & it's him that tells me about the outlying towns/villages stopping but not Dam , also says that his customers are very varied & he knows for certain that he has 2 doctors a lawyer & a vet as regular customers
Chill & smoke awhile , a few locals fly & buy , then a young American couple come in , ask about spacecakes saying that they have tried 5 shops cakes in the last 3 days with pretty much no effects , the guy tells them in his opinion most shops take the piss & only have a maximum of 0.3-0.5 in their cakes ,his has & he did say this, ( I wrote it straight down so I would forget , but pissed off I didn't have enough left for 1 ) 1.7g in each slice which of course they were happy with ,he advised them to share a slice then get more if they liked the effects , not sure if he was telling the truth about the amount or not , but will be trying a slice next trip ** Paradox, top shop ,top guy/owner , top gear ,nice toastie too, now def 1 of my fav's , i'll be returning .
Leave at 14:00 & head to the square , get some frites & a fanta , pay then walk off without either (bloody stoners) lady server quickly calls me back laughing as do the other people waiting , sod em , to stoned to really care
Walk from Damrak to 1 of the canals & finish eating then wander around until 15:00 when I get to HSB , get another chocomel (love it) & sit by the front window smoking SJ ( Yes tourists , i'm a stoner in a CS , this is a joint & i'm bloody stoned take a picture i'm past caring FU)
Leave HSB around 15:30 & head towards GA , again wander around in the general direction , trying to catch up with Gapie at GA missed him the last 2 days .
Sit at the Multatuli statue deciding where to go before GA but just end up sitting there stoned watching
Into GA at 16:30 , "Stan in "? , " you just missed him , like 30 mins ago ", fuck not meant to catch up this trip , , 420 it will have to be
Slow walk up to hotel grab my bag & back into Hunters 24 for a last drink & smoke , which is a gish BB j that i've saved . Hunters playing utter shit (which my kids would love btw ) , Slow walk up to station finishing the BB on the way , train leaves at 18:05 , airport 18:25 wander a little , check -in , get passport stamped on plane , take off 19:45 ish off the plane in Luton for 19:50 , ring home to be picked up , home for 21:00 , dinner , kids to bed , give wifey her presents , empty my washing out ,take out the 2 SoGouda j's from the 8 j's in my jeans pocket 1 for wifey 1 for me , light up , 22:00ish lights out day & trip done

Few pics from day 3


I think these picture boards showing old 7 new are brilliant






Totalitarian Museum , never seen this place before

How many trips has 1 of these beauties made

@ftcarer

Thanks for the trip report. I enjoyed reading that.

As a test to see what kind of budget I should set for myself in December, I did a rough estimate of your day one purchases, and I came up with a rough estimate of about 150E - give or take.

I know that this will vary according to each person's tolerance, and method of smoking, but what percentage of your purchases would you say you were able to smoke in a day? 60% 80%? 90%?

I have no concept of how far a gram of anything would go basically. Just curious.

You really out did yourself this trip Ft! You covered a lot of ground, and a lot of gear!
By the way, I don't think the tall guy at G.A is John, I think John's a little shorter, nice American dude. To bad about them not having the Medi leaf.

Also, that Budtender with the dreads at Anyday is a nice guy, I'm glad he's still there. Did they have the Afghan delight, and how was the Durban?

I've got a few more questions for you.
Is the H.B at Voyagers Highly Blessed from Bagheera?
Did you say that you lost that g of John Sinclair? To bad if you did, I'd like to know if it's as good as last time.
Did you get a chance to try the Cheese at Extreme?
And, did D.C get a visit from the "Weed Fairy", and did you get to try some?

LadyJane wrote:@ftcarer

Thanks for the trip report. I enjoyed reading that.

As a test to see what kind of budget I should set for myself in December, I did a rough estimate of your day one purchases, and I came up with a rough estimate of about 150E - give or take. Seeing as I will be in the Dam for eight days, that would be about 1200E for a week.

I know that this will vary according to each person's tolerance, and method of smoking, but what percentage of your purchases would you say you were able to smoke in a day? 60% 80%? 90%?

I have no concept of how far a gram of anything would go basically. Just curious.

Ty & E150 a day should give you plenty of smokes to choose from errm,,,, best way tp put this ,, it wasn't all smoked there & some smokes or amounts have been omitted , i'm saying no more , if you know you know , if you don't sorry , read around you'll get the idea lol
I spent in the region of E400 on smoke ,E240 the first day roughly E150 the 2nd & only brought the SJ on the last day .
Couldn't say how much I smoked on each day , I was rolling pure & mixed as the mood took so ??? Last day apart from the SJ I got I only had rolled j's left though I remember that much
You can put a whole g in a j no probs just depends how wrecked you want to get