Sorry this took so long.......but i'm a busy little headonist..........
I thought i would try to see if a day trip to the Dam was possible......
after waking at 3:30am i caught the train from Liverpool street station to Stanstead at 4:30am.......arrived at airport 5:30am way to early.....Flight didn't leave till 7:30...but had plenty of time to eat a hearty breakfast before boarding flight........55mins later i'm in Schipol...no bag so straight through customs.......then caught the express train to CS......first stop was going to be Grey Area........but alas they were closed....so it was of to the meet and greet at 420......straight up to the bud tender and purchased 1g Neville's Haze and 1g NYC Diesel.......first joint of the day was a nice big fat one of the Neville's Haze......the high was great just kept going up and up and up......then i saw this guy come in and i asked him "are you Bad frog"...."yes " he replied.....so we sat down and smoke a couple of joints......then in bounces this little character asking "are you Happy Hacker".......it was Gapie AKA Stan da Man......he then pulled out the Terminator.......smeard a little on the end of my joint.....straight away i could smell it ..strong and pungent.......as for the taste fucking beautiful....Bad frog then said his goodbyes and headed off........then i felt it.....couch lock at 11:00am.....holy shit.....so a reached for the NYC Diesel...maybe this will help me out....and up i went again...at that moment Stan then introduced me to Soulrider who had been sitting at the bar behind us.......now we were three.....Soulrider pulls out his tin and exclaimed "don't really have much at the moment"..and proceeded to pull out about 7 little bags with different weed in them.......fuck if thats him not having much would love to see in his tin on a good day......anyway.....then soulrider gets the vapourizer fired up with some Blueberry.........woohoo...here we go again.sweet as...now i'm getting really fucked up......look at the time on my phone......still only mid day....so after a few more hits and a few more spliffs.........we all bail out and go our separate ways.........now it was time to do what i always do in Amsterdam.........wander around in a complete daze..........started to get the munchies.....so head off to FEBO..........a few coins latter the munchies had been dealt with........now where.......stumbled across the Damrak and head into the RLD.........only 1:30pm and the girls are already banging their keys and coins on the window.....but i decline.....then into the Green Place and after some advice from Soulrider i ask the bud tender "whats the best bud you have at the moment" to which he replyed "try the Martian Green " so i did 3g.......grabbed a coffee sat down and rolled a big one....of course i'm still wankered from the meet and greet.........but anyway i finish the thing off and roll another Nevill's Haze for the walk.......or should i say stagger around town.......it was now about 3:00pm and my mouth was rather dry....so i wandered up to Nes Cafe but they were closed....so found a nice little bar around the corner and sat down and started to try to quench the unquenchable thirst that i had.......several beers latter and it was time to start thinking about some food before heading off to the airport.............had some noodles then rolled another............caught the train back to the Airport........still had about 3g left on me so sat out side and rolled one stupidly large spliff with what was left............caught my plane at 9:30pm..........and i was back in London just before midnight...........now that sure beats going to Brighton for the day........................
A couple of pics from our trip in November
Me, Rob & OC in Nes
Rob gettin Mashed in De Storm Hoek van Holland
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Wicked, I've thought about it a few times as I can get the 6:30 flight from Liverpool and be in Centrum for about 8, spend a day having a smoke or two and then the 9pm flight back. That would be a hell of a day though...
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OneForTheRoad wrote:Wicked, I've thought about it a few times as I can get the 6:30 flight from Liverpool and be in Centrum for about 8, spend a day having a smoke or two and then the 9pm flight back. That would be a hell of a day though...
Ive done a couple day trips in my time, not really a relaxing day, but definatly better then spending the day in Brighton, even if it is a BIT more expensive
Done around 50 weekenders by Eurolines from London Victoria.
Work a long shift with overtime to make some extra cash. Finish at 8pm then head to to the coach station and hop on a bus for about £25 - £35 return (was). Sleep through to Belgium after Dover customs. Arrive at the Amstel Coach station for 7.30am. Then a leisurely stroll along the Amstel to the Tolstraat Greenhouse and drop in for a morning smoke. After this I would see where the weekend led me. I often sniffed out squat parties over in the The Grain Silo or De Loods at Westerdok or found somewhere to bed down at a hostel. If the weather was good, sleep rough on the Saturday night in the park or a boat, in fact lots of different places. Sunday I would have to head to one of the few coffeeshops that was open in the morning, so this would be either coffeeshop Smokey or Central near the Centraal Station, otherwise I would just smoke what was left from the day before or stay with the people I had partied with. Sometime I went to parties with Hells Angels if I was able to get where they were going if I went to the Excaliber Bar. Later on Sunday, I sometimes headed to Haarlem by train for the rest of the day at the Wortels. Sunday early evening I would hop the train, or if in town walk back to Amstel station and get the Eurolines coach to London overnight, arriving around 7.30am Monday. Then into work ready for another week of doing the do and planning the next escape. Did this about once a month for 5 years. I Loved it !
Sir Ian of Tokesville wrote:Done around 50 weekenders by Eurolines from London Victoria.
Work a long shift with overtime to make some extra cash. Finish at 8pm then head to to the coach station and hop on a bus for about £25 - £35 return (was). Sleep through to Belgium after Dover customs. Arrive at the Amstel Coach station for 7.30am. Then a leisurely stroll along the Amstel to the Tolstraat Greenhouse and drop in for a morning smoke. After this I would see where the weekend led me. I often sniffed out squat parties over in the The Grain Silo or De Loods at Westerdok or found somewhere to bed down at a hostel. If the weather was good, sleep rough on the Saturday night in the park or a boat, in fact lots of different places. Sunday I would have to head to one of the few coffeeshops that was open in the morning, so this would be either coffeeshop Smokey or Central near the Centraal Station, otherwise I would just smoke what was left from the day before or stay with the people I had partied with. Sometime I went to parties with Hells Angels if I was able to get where they were going if I went to the Excaliber Bar. Later on Sunday, I sometimes headed to Haarlem by train for the rest of the day at the Wortels. Sunday early evening I would hop the train, or if in town walk back to Amstel station and get the Eurolines coach to London overnight, arriving around 7.30am Monday. Then into work ready for another week of doing the do and planning the next escape. Did this about once a month for 5 years. I Loved it !
i love your spirit.......my first time in Amsterdam....... i slept under the bridge in Vondelpark......and then stayed a night at the then large squat on the spui.........happy days........
Sir Ian of Tokesville wrote:Done around 50 weekenders by Eurolines from London Victoria.
Work a long shift with overtime to make some extra cash. Finish at 8pm then head to to the coach station and hop on a bus for about £25 - £35 return (was). Sleep through to Belgium after Dover customs. Arrive at the Amstel Coach station for 7.30am. Then a leisurely stroll along the Amstel to the Tolstraat Greenhouse and drop in for a morning smoke. After this I would see where the weekend led me. I often sniffed out squat parties over in the The Grain Silo or De Loods at Westerdok or found somewhere to bed down at a hostel. If the weather was good, sleep rough on the Saturday night in the park or a boat, in fact lots of different places. Sunday I would have to head to one of the few coffeeshops that was open in the morning, so this would be either coffeeshop Smokey or Central near the Centraal Station, otherwise I would just smoke what was left from the day before or stay with the people I had partied with. Sometime I went to parties with Hells Angels if I was able to get where they were going if I went to the Excaliber Bar. Later on Sunday, I sometimes headed to Haarlem by train for the rest of the day at the Wortels. Sunday early evening I would hop the train, or if in town walk back to Amstel station and get the Eurolines coach to London overnight, arriving around 7.30am Monday. Then into work ready for another week of doing the do and planning the next escape. Did this about once a month for 5 years. I Loved it !
You are a true legend! This takes a lot of confidence to pull off and you did it every month for 5 years! awesome.
TwoCanucks wrote:
You are a true legend! This takes a lot of confidence to pull off and you did it every month for 5 years! awesome.
It doesn't feel that way really. There are a lot of Belgians Germans French and Brits who could lay claim to something similar. Thing is we are all so close and when organised, you can really get the costs right down. You might call call it 'my youth wasted' or 'my wasted youth' . Later years came and I became more sophisticated in my accomodation, staying on the campsites and then a succession of Hotels 1* thru to 5* and these days, it's an apartment as I now travel with wife and young sons. Whichever way it's wrapped, it has always been fun . Next trip is 3 weeks time.
gapie wrote:nice to meet ya happy hacker
smoke and drink some shit
yeah it was a blast..........and we gonna do it all over again ........this time were gonna add a shit load of alcohol into the mix.........and get really messed up......
