From the moment Newbinho and I were dropped off at Edinburgh airport I new it was gonna be a good trip
.For a start, Newbinho had brought a jammin’ spliff, packed with THC dust from his grinder. Most defiantly the cause of much hilarity at the duty free, where we were involved in some deep conversations’ about which Liquor bottle would make the best bong
.Fast forward to Centraal Station Amsterdam. 10:30AM on the dot. We make a break from the train, no stopping, well except for a grinder, and proceed straight to the Dampkring on Haarlemerstraat for the early morning MnG with the troops. Dampkring was packed so we stood back and waited till the crowd dispersed. I opted for 2g of Tazman Haze ( €11 a gram). Newbinho got The Super Silver.
The Tazman was almost out so was primarily shake but I bought it anyway because its bloody good shit
The top floor was closed so we just sat on the first. Quickly, we stitched together a couple of spliffs and started to blaze. The dude sitting right next to newbinho turned out to be none other than LiquidSwords, him, RedEyedIndian and Trichome-Dense had been there for awhile I think. We tried to have some conversations but I found it a little hard to hear everyone over the sounds of Funkadelic on the Dampkring’s sound system. I was sitting right under the speaker though so that may have been the reason. They were all really cool dudes though, this was there second stop of the day, Piccaso being the first. They hadn’t even checked in yet and they were two shops in!!
I found the Tazman just right for a first smoke, Very smooth on the Inhale and Exhale. Slight minty taste. Nice clear head.
I quickly smoked the 2 grams and popped back down for a gram of Stellasour( €9 I think). It had caught my eye when I was buying the Tazman, but it was so busy when we first arrived I just grabbed the Tazman and let the next man in.
When I rejoined the group we had grown by one. Bifton had joined the gang. A top bloke who, I believe was smoking on AK. We had some animated chats and I learned the Bifton had over done it over the last couple of days. By the time I finished rolling up the Sour, time was getting on so newbinho and I split to check in and drop off our bags at the Mevlana. We made plans to meet Liquid and the Lads at Mellow Yellow at 9pm later when Lampshade would be arriving.
The weather was simply stunning. Made the walk down to the Hotel with our bags that little bit more enjoyable.
From the Mevlana, I took newbinho to Sanemanterang for a quick spliff, and to show him the coffeeshop with the most character in Amsterdam ( IMO). I bought the outdoor Powerplant. For € 8 a g. Newbinho bought white widow bio. Two quick spliffs later and we were off to mellow yellow to meet Puffin13.
Upon arrival we went straight to the tender and asked if Puffin was there. The tender said yeah, he’s the Stoner over there
. Puffin was playing a game of weeds with friends, a card based game, so we just told the tender to let him know we were here, and we slunk off to get high. Oh, Purchases, I got two grams of Nevils Haze
We rolled up a spliff each ( Newbinho got chocoloupe). Not long after we had started smoking puffin took time out from his game of cards to come over and chat with us. And what a pleasure it was. A true Gentleman and old school stoner.
We spent the time it took me to roll another J for consumption just chatting to ACD’s News reporter, picking his brain on all things Amsterdam. When Puffin found out newbinho had bought the Chocoloupe, he politely let us know that the GreenPlace had Awesome Chocoloupe at the moment and that we should check it out. Now, both Newbinho and I had both been impressed with M.Y’s version so god knows how good the Greenplace’s shit was going to be.
Before we knew it Hunger was beating a very loud drum in our Stomach’s so we bid farewell to Puffin, allowing him to get back to his game of cards( was nice meeting ya man, a real pleasure
). However before that, Puffin had suggested a place where we could grab some nice Sandwiches, but since we were now very, very high, we totally forgot untill we were halfway towards our next intended coffeeshop. 
We had planned to go to Pacific coffeeshop, and found it without any trouble, but we opted instead to continue to Museumplien. We grabbed some ham and cheese croissants, some fruit and some Juice from the Albert Hein and dined alfresco.
Here’s some lovely pics.
All munched up and ready for a smoke, we doubled back on ourselves and headed for Pacific. As is often the way though, stoners are easily sidetracked. This shop caught our eye.
It’s called Terra Incognita I believe and is a gem of a shop. Its packed full of really cool Stones and crystals and stuff. I picked up a couple of little cool statue type things for my bro and Newbinho bought a kick ass Buddha.
This is the owner I believe, she hardly spoke English which made it fun to try and chat.
O.K. onward into Pacific.
The reason I wanted to visit this place was Milehigh. He had mentioned it to me, along with a couple of others, when we met in January. My first impression was that it could do with a lick of paint
.It’s a little grubby, but I liked it. it’s a big place, with a big tobacco smoking room. There’s a pool table and pinball. Two Booths at one side of the room with ample seating, and one or two high tables along the window side. The tender was friendly enough without being chatty. I bought the orange bud ( I’ve forgot the price ).
I rolled up this fatty.
And got nicely baked. A fine example of the strain. I didn’t hear newbinho complain about his selection either so it’s a thumbs up for me on Pacific. I recommend a visit on you’re next trip
.Now, I had a planned crawl involving Kabouter, Katsu and a few others. This didn’t happen.
From Pacific we wandered past Kabouter and on into Media.
They are currently in the middle of a refurb but there is still loads of space to sit. I bought the Sour Diesel, hoping it would be as good as the last sour I got.
It wasn’t.
It was nice, don’t get me wrong. I smoked it pure and it burned fine. Got me high too. The taste was mild though, I mean, I new it was Sour Diesel, but my last experience of Sour Deez’ was almost heavenly.
Finishing up my cup of tea, we headed round the corner with the Intention of going into Katsu. Upon reaching katsu, we realised it was packed and opted instead to just wander in the sun and enjoy our buzzes for a while. Have I mentioned the weather yet
After a while, we found ourselves back near the centrum . It was decided that we would go and grab the much spoke of Terminator from Basjoe, then go and rest up our feet back at the Mevlana for a while. Time had flown by and it was now around 7PM.
When we got to Basjoe, it was quite empty. Just the Tender ( the one with the dreds, James?) and a couple of customers.
As always, we were greeted with a smile. I didn’t even ask for the menu this time, I just asked for a gram of Terminator. It had been agreed weeks ago the Newbinho and I were going to split the cost of a gram of this shit. I watched carefully as the Tender tore the Brown paper weighed out our shit , folded the paper and popped it into a baggie. When he handed me the Stuff, I’m sure he gave me a little wink. Here’s some pics.
From Basjoes, we grabbed the customary huge bag of Junk food and Sweets for the room and went to check in proper.
Arrival at the room was somewhat of a relief. For around 15mins I just laid down and reflected on a bloody hectic day.
Took time to take stock as they say
. I’m back in Amsterdam, I had already met 5 forum members, been to 6 coffeeshops and bought about 11 grams of smokables. That’s a good day in anyones book!
Once we were unpacked and settled in, I snapped this pic
Then rolled a Terminator spliff.
Having read many ways in which people had applied this shit but only ever seen one person rolling oil, I opted for what I had saw first hand.
I smeared it on the Inside of my Skin before I put the Herb In.
I cant remember what ‘erb I used as a base, but I couldn’t taste it anyway. I don’t think Terminator really has a taste, you just know you’re smoking it
. In my opinion, there ain’t nothing pleasurable about smoking it. Its very lung expansive, made me cough a lot at first but I got over that. The effects however, wow. Heavy headed-ness is Instant.
That heavy headed-ness claimed newbinho almost as soon as he passed me the spliff back. I had to wake him up twice before he actually got up and got ready to hit the Streets again.
Safe to say its strong.
So strong infact that even though I had a notepad with me, all I have in it for the rest of Saturday night is
Greenplace, 1g x18,1g cho. M.Y. 1g Bku.
Now that means We went to green place after Newbinho got his shit together!
I bought the X18,
I believe a Pakistani Indica? And on Puffin13’s earlier recommendation, the Chocoloupe.
(sorry, rubbish pic!)I rolled up a quick spliff of the Chocoloupe and realised exactly why Puffin preferred this to Mellow Yellow’s. The taste man, the taste is sooo pronounced
. Made me lick my lips after almost every exhale.
With terminator still in my brain I cant even try and tell you what the High was like. I would be lying if I did.
Now we left Greenplace around 20.40 and walked down to Mellow Yellow to meet back up with Liquidswords and the gang. We got to M.Y. at just after 9, barely able to keep our eyes open at this point. We figured we were the first ones there so I grabbed a gram of Burundi Kush ( cheers Puffin dude!)
and posted up at the window seat, the exact one we were in that very afternoon, assuming that when Liquid and crew showed up we would see them coming in.
I had barely finished rolling up the some of the Sour D from Media, when I turned to newbinho, one look at his face let me know he felt exactly like I did. Knackered
We agreed that if we didn’t see anyone arrive by the time I had smoked the sour D , we would just call it a day and head back to the room. The moment I pushed the roach into the ashtray, newbinho was packing up our shit ready to leave. The sour D had gave me somewhat of a second wind so the walk back to the Hotel was an enjoyable one for me. I think we grabbed a cone of fries each en route to the hotel.
Back in the room, I took a couple of Bud shots, ate some junk, Terminated another spliff and crashed in that exact order
Day one over, Tommorow we do the same all over again!
That took me fuckin ages to type. I type sssslllloooowwww!
I'll get day 2 up when I can be arsed
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