CherryPopper

Amsterdam... OH MY GOD. This place is just a mind blowing expericence. From the red light district, to the drugs to the live sex shows... yes LIVE SEX SHOWS.

It was a massive first night out in Amsterdam, its quite the jekyll and hyde town. By day its a very pretty and laid back city, but by night the red light district comes alive with hookers in windows, ¨coffee¨ shops (code name for where you can get the ganja) and the dregs of scociety. We went out for dinner and a boat cruise on the cannels, then we hit the town and hit it HARD.

A few joints, few pots and a walk around the red light district it was quite the eye opener. It was great fun (from what i remember) but boy did the getting up early the next day for a bike ride almost kill me. Bikes are the main way to get around the city in Amersterdam and have the right of way for everything including people. They will and DO run you down if you get in their way. So after a nice ride around eden (as in where they make the cheese) with a very ¨out there¨ lady who was stoned and boy did she have us in stictches we were set loose on Amsterdam.

A group of us went to the Van Gogh museum and although i have no idea of art its was pretty cool. Next up was the heineken ¨experience¨ with such hightlights as the ¨what its like to be a bottle¨ ride and the free beer they give you. After an hour of tasting (hard job) we grabbed some dinner. Now we were told of a local place called FEBU. Now this is an odd idea, its a vending type setup for a deep fry everything shop. You put money in the machine for some deep fried goodness. They also do chips with yummy mayo... man that is a good combo i would never have thought of.

* This is the sealed section over 18 only *

Contiki had arranged a ¨cultural experience¨ aka live sex show!!!! This is just freaky. Basically you sit there while 2 people go at it on stage, to music and yes they do it to the beat. We got to see 3 couples and a few ¨dancers¨. There was this one couple where the guy was really playing it up for the crowd and gave us some massive laughs with the looks and 70s porno style cheesyness. The DJ was the funniest dude i´ve ever heard, his voice and the shit he was saying was piss funny. I won´t go into too much detail but bug me when i get back and i´ll fill you in on what actually happened.

Over all Amsterdam is a great city with some VERY odd things going for it. Very laid back like Australia but that´s where the similarities end. Loads of fun though.

Well i´ve got a killer 8 hr bus ride tomorrow morning to Berlin where we will be the day after the world cup final (glad france didn´t win).

Catch you all later