Saturday, January 17, 2009

Lonely Planet - AMSTERDAM

Amsterdam was my first stop for the winter break itinerary. A van Gogh city of arts and pleasure...from small fishing village in the 12th.century into a vibrant, cultural and most tolerant city in Europe.


...a must icon of Amsterdam to visit...

...a view from my hotel room, not far from the Centraal Station...

...the Centraal Station...just 30 minutes away from the airport...

...famous hot spot not to be missed when you are in Amsterdam...an area with so many windows with red light displayed the merchandise...hehehehe...

...yeah, city of pleasure and sex is every where...

...city of museums and galleries...and one of the must visit is Van Gogh Museum...not far from the Dam Square...

...Amstel Hotel, the most expensive hotel in the city...

...one of the boat houses along the canal...

...the house that Ann Frank's hid from the Nazi...

...besides the cars, buses and trams, you have to be careful not to be hit by the bicycles...

...an easy outlet to ease yourself...but only for the guys...

...so easyJet flew me around...

...one of the ceiling decorations at Schipol Airport...


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18 comments:

Inah said...

hohoho..red district..bahaya ni..hehehehe

[danial][ma] said...

hej! inah...no danger provided that the Mayor of Redlight District accompany you...hehehe...

Inah said...

hohoho.i'll make sure the mayor accompany me then :P

by the way..no pic taken with the big shoe?

[danial][ma] said...

hej! inah...you better do so...big shoe? I did sat on it when I went to keukenhof last spring...

azizi said...

welcome to the Red Light District. ;-)

[danial][ma] said...

hej! azizi...yeah, sooooooo red...;-)

mazddaud said...

what do they have at red light district???
what did they do at red light district???...... ha ha ha ha

[danial][ma] said...

hej! mazddadud...as a tagline of ASTRO...'macam-macam ada'...hahahaha...and there are so many thing like trading, selling, buying...etc...hehehehe...

Kak Teh said...

danial, i love Amsterdam - love Holland because the people are so friendly. Have you been to the Pasar Malam Besar that they have annually? Its in The Hague - you shd go - perhaps I'll blog abt this one day.

[danial][ma] said...

hej! kak teh...yeah, me too...love amsterdam! unfortunately i went there but not for the market...maybe kak teh can blog about ithe market and i would like to read about it...;-)

Josh said...

What were u doing in red district?? Why no close up pics?? ;-P

But I guess Azizi know this place much better then u. Erm... Dia ke yg bawak???

[danial][ma] said...

hej! josh...
What were u doing in red district??
A: NOTHING...

Why no close up pics?? ;-P
A: NOT PERMITTED BY THE MAYOR

But I guess Azizi know this place much better then u.
A: I GUESS...

Erm... Dia ke yg bawak???
A: OF COURSE THE MAYOR...

Josh said...

Pandai ler jawab!

wahaza extra said...

Hmmm.. suddenly I'm confuse.. RED LIGHT DISTRICT? I thought the area always been a green light district.

[danial][ma] said...

hej! josh...hehehehe...me clever...;-)

[danial][ma] said...

hej! wahaza...yup, always a green light to go to the red light district...hehehehe...

azizi said...

ha ha ha .....
good job danial.
the mayor has spoken.
the red light district will be opened to the public soon!....
free of charge. anyone?

[danial][ma] said...

hej! azizi...hahahaha...provided that you still the mayor for 2009/2010...hehehehe...i bet you will...;-)

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