Mondragon Over Amsterdam: 08-22 January 2011

[Pierre von Mondragon]

Right, this is out of hand now, today is the anniversary of my touchdown in AMS (in days, 'twas a Saturday when I left) and I haven't finished this shit yet.

Sunday-wandered about and smoked loads of dope

Actually a blurry remembrance of going back to Katsu early on, I may of had to spend much of the day working through what I had left, particularly as I found a rogue bag of LSD I'd thought lost. I was a bit skint too, but remembering what happened on that day is a push too far...next

Monday- Amsterdam to the Kanderthal- Off to meet my Mum in Switzerland where she is on her holiday. Not going into detail, but have variety of iso and manali to survive. Get into Geneva 6ish arrive at destination on late bus at midnight. Nothing to smoke with so buy green tea bag and some skins, and make the most awful one-skinner you ever dreamt up, (quitting baccy has to be a lifelong thing, all or nothing, even 5 years on I'm not risking getting addicted to that shit again), gads, min.

Tuesday is devoted to a wander trying to find a pipe, or plumbing supplies to make one ( I took gauzes), no luck so go to Swiss Co-op and get the biggest bastard apple I could find, and a bic style pen, made my first ever emergency apple pipe. I liked it, it was cool, tasty, and improved with use. Blah blah family stuff, out for tea.

Wednesday- went for a walk, chong, repeat, family stuff, blahblah

Thursday- Kanderthal to Amsterdam; bought a nice macaron in Geneva airport, back in AMS 5-ish, straight to HGF, some Durban Poison, Shiva and a Bomba, coughed like fuck from the puur, fukadukkadingdong. Back to Heemskerk, even nicer room, pay it up front so I know what I've got left to play with.

Friday=Last day- usual wander and chong, tried to take some photos of streets (can't post don't gotta host) on my crappy phone- picked up some more Manali from Basjoe, and half a g of OG Ice from Green Place, probably the single strongest thing I got the whole trip, or equal with Kashmir Jelly. Back to De Pijp Ig Lavender and So Gouda Ice from Katsu and more White Iso from De Graal. Cane it relentlessly til the end basically, back to the Lusthof for another steak, mmm, oocha min.

Saturday- And so I must take my leave, flight around 3ish gives me plenty time, checkout (big shout to Michael and Norman and all other Heemskerk staff) walk westerly firsterly, go lloking for Saenementerang, but don't have dopemap handy so after a while go to Amnesia, shame in light of it's closure really. Into Amnesia last buy 1g of Acapulco Gold and an edible, and hammer that and the remains of everything else,(except the ices, already en-route to a better world for me and for you, well, just me and friends) in the Volcano, (I got an old Volcano off of J within a month of my return, best purchase ever of it's type) about 2.5+ g of ridiculous stuff, it would have annihilated me at the start of the trip, but you don't half get yer tolerance up. I got an old Volcano off of J within a month of my return, best purchase ever of it's type. Not to say you don't get as high, but I'm used to functioning in a terrible shape, but this was more than I thought possible, yet a doddle, ace. Best FLIGHT EVER woooosh Back to Scotlandia, aach well, needs must.
Woop I pronounce this travelogue- DONE. I will return, on Queen's Day, honestly I picked it at random.

[Lamont]

Enjoyable report thanks for sharing it!

[geekymonkey]

I had somehow missed the last part of your report. You have my sympathy trying to find a pipe in Switzerland. We used to make apple pipes in high school and college. Good thinking

Thanks again for the report!

[Pierre von Mondragon]

Ta for the props, next trip I'll take an actual camera, rather than my phone with a broken lens, 49 days-ish now, so am checking reports/news etc more thoroughly, shame about the Rokerij, the Singel one was my 1st stop at the start of this thread.

[Pierre von Mondragon]

Perhaps one or two crappy photos then

That is the pure joint that set off the alarm, in construction phase.


1st night bag collection; includes Grey Haze, Hawaiian Snow, LA Woman, Tangerine Dream, LSD, Nepalese Grey Area, maybe another.