Been writing this for a erm..... little while now.He's a little run down of what I can remember from our 420 trip.
MONDAY 18th April
As mentioned in the Travel plans section somewhere I had planned a solo trip for 420 but at the last minute my pal T decided to come too. Travel plans to the airport were organised and we decided a train to Leeds then stopover at the Premier Inn on the sunday ready for our early flight Monday morning were in order. Train tickets were paid for in advance (big mistake for me but more on that later).
It was great that T had recently bought an iolite so the Sunday night in the Premier Inn was more than bearable.
Up early,the iolite was fired up, we partook... a fair bit.... and decided that it then needed a good clean and was packed away in its box, Lighter gas was discarded and box placed in rucksack. Left for the bus and it was 10 minutes early, Saw it passing by the bus stop as we left reception... grrrrr.... back to reception and taxi booked and there in a few minutes luckily.
We both must have looked guilty as hell going through security as we were both worried about questions regarding the iolite and were rather stoned and paranoid... lol.. but all was ok, I got the usual pat down but baggage went through fine and we were shorlty on the plane and walking through arrivals in Schipol.
We had decided, well i had, that tram passes and train tickets would be purchased from the same place they used to do the All in one travel passes, more to see if they were back on again. After queing for 10 minutes we ended up with three day/72 hour tram pass and return train tickets each. Earphones in and nice train ride to Central station.
Managed to find some gas for the Lottie
T recently stopped smoking so it was going to be the lottie all the way for him.First stop was Voyagers, and it was empty, OG Kush was off the menu today, had a little chat with the friendly budtender and I purchased a gram or so of the Grinspoon and T a gram of Amnesia and a couple of cakes each. I went to sit a the big table in the middle to see who else arrived but was told by T that he wanted to sit at the window. At this point another chap with glasses arrived, I said hello and kept bumping into you all over town but I dont think we actually managed to converse. Sat at the window, the smell of coffee and cannabis, heaven... This is where it all went wrong, but oh so right. That Grinspoon hit nicely and mixed with a Lottie full of T's Amnesia we were in a crazy daze.
A few more people had arrived and I overheard the name Cisco and Twich... Man I was a mess...
I tried to make some gestures but was unable to plan gettign off the stool never mind a conversation. half an hour passed, Me and T were ready to leave and I stumbled over to the guy i beleived to be Cisco and said something to the effect of " Hey mate, Ive got something for you but Ill have to catch up with you later, if you see me come say hello", Then I promptly left... Little did I know till later that this wasnt Cisco, but Kermit instead.
:) Sorry for the head fuck Kermit.. and was nice meeting with you later in Voyagers..... I think we spoke or was it more mumbled to each other over a coffee about oils?? 
Next stop was accommodation, lets get checked in. I went for 2 apartments over the 3 days. This was the first. Thanks to Cisco mentioning that these guys had apartments on the Spui I got Spui Keizersgracht apartments, full apartment for only 65 Euro ish and no deposit. Just leave the key on the table to check out. This place was very nice, 32/40 inch LCD hd tv, patio at the back, ground floor, Kitchen and it was huge.... to say we was impressed is an understatement.
http://www.booking.com/hotel/nl/keizers ... tAod3XIRWA
Heres a few pics.
After settling in we popped across the road to Amnesia and got some John Sinclair and thanks to Rufus's gift of it in January some Juicy Fruit, two more cakes were bought here too. I'm getting a hazy recollection of meeting Gapie in here and being introduced to Lemming in here with Wolfdangler, Uncle Ron, Hestia, Trad, maybe Rasa or was that in Grey Area... Wow, total memory loss... I wonder why..
Think we hit Grey Area and think we got some Kuchi, we had a chat with folks at the table there but it really was all a dreamy time.Skip to conversation back at the apartment.... "Wow mate, how did we get back here? did we have a good day?" I asked T.... "We've been battered since we got up.... But thats all I remember!!" was his reply. Sleep came quickly for a couple of hours...
We ate the four cakes, two each, before setting out to Nes for a quick beer then we wanted to head over to Rookies. Nes was busy, made it to the Bar and said hi to DC and Gapie spotted me, I was quickly introduced around the table. I believe I met, Trad, Uncle Ron, Blueberry, Islandgirl, Cattles, Hestia, Lemming came over and said hi, and a couple of other names I missed, sorry guys, two space cakes and continous vapes from the Lottie has befuddled me with names. I do remember everyone at the table having huge smiles on their faces, obviously very stoned.
Rolled some of the Sinclair up and passed it round the table then went for a wander to Rookies. Using tram passes we got to Leidsplein quickly and headed towards Rookies remembering the smells and sights from our first trip back in 2001/2002 and laughing about the crazy mushroom trip I had back then. Rookies was fairly empty and the window seat was free in the smoking area. I have written on a bunch of roaching papers that I got some Afghan hash here, Rookies special and a cake. T got a cake as he was still well stocked up on the Voyagers Amnesia... That Lottie really does make your purchases go further.
Spent a couple of hours here refilling coffees and smoking what I had. T wanted to go back to the apartment so we left and headed to take him home. I left him and ventured back out to Nes, realising I was nearly out of smokeables I walked past Nes towards Hunters and bumped into Gapie, Uncle Ron and I think Colina (whoever the third guy was he was stoned out of his mind, lol.. had to come back and find out what he's on
) Told them I was off for a topup at Hunters, they turned down the invite to join me and said i and would be back soon.I do like Hunters and have never had a bad time in here. I was remembered from my last trips and had a chat to the budtender thanking him for one his recomendations in January and said I was on my way back to Nes and needed a top up. On the menu was chemdawg... Had to try it, bought a gram, a gram of Bubblegum, 2 cakes and shot back to Nes.
Gapie and Uncle Ron were just leaving and i had now started to feel heavy so I walked with Uncle Ron to his bus and I headed off back to the apartment. Lighting up the Chemdawg I had a few puffs and fell asleep on the sofa. The Chemdog was a beautiful lime green colour.
We woke up early on the Tuesday and had a schedule to follow, Hestias cup crawl, well, less of a schedule and more of a masterplan. We had cakes, lots of cakes, so a couple each were consumed for breakfast..
The rest of Tuesday will be posted when I have the time.... hopefully before christmas
But in the meantime, a few pics from Tuesday..
The apartment was this close to the Doors.
Some strange sandwich concoction... from cheese to ham to chocolate spread, Wierd but strangly filling
