Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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June 4 - 5, 2006
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View Slide Show
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| Flying over the coast of the Netherlands. |
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| Flying into Amsterdam. |
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| Awesome train system in the Netherlands, so easy to get around. |
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| Amsterdam Centraal Train Station. |
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| I loved the Netherlands, because there are bike lanes everywhere. |
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| This guy made a long blow that lasted for 55 seconds, very impressive ! |
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| The DAM, Palace on the left, the Church on the right. |
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| I wish I am staying in this hotel. |
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| All houses in Amsterdam are actually built on the water. |
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| I haven't seen any tall buildings in Amsterdam Centrum Area. |
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| Hello, which one is your favourite ? |
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| Amsterdam is entirely surrounded by canals, most of them were dug in the 1400s. |
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| Talk about waterfront properties, how about these ones ?. |
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| Chinatown in Amsterdam. |
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| You can see all kinds of bicycles in Amsterdam. |
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| Woman on a horse ! (very unusual) |
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| These 2 Aussie girls were performaning on the street, very impressive! |
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| These are hybrid tri-cycles. |
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| They were re-building the area around Centraal Train Station ... can't really get a good picture of this 200-year-old train station. |
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| This is the only original windmill in the city of Amsterdam, built in 1780s. |
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| From a distance .... |
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| Rambrandt ... the legend in Amsterdam. |
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| There are over 2500 bridges in the city of Amsterdam. |
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| He was demonstrating how diamonds were formed. |
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| The 4 C's of diamonds. |
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| This one costs €800. |
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| Ooops, rated "R" in the Sex Museum. |
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| Homosexuality back in the old days. |
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| This booked documented the sentences of being homosexual in the 1700s. |
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| This one was from the Roman Age. |
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| Don't be shy !!. |
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| Euro conis with different issuing countries. |
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| My tricycle driver. |
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| Going through these cobblestone streets. |
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| The Munttoren. |
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| Visiting the Heineken Brewery. |
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| The first Heineken label design. |
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| The original fermentation chambers. |
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| Cheers ! |
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| Behind this big can is actually a studio for tourists to record their own Heineken commericals. |
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| This room allows tourist to view over 100 different Keineken TV commercials. |
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| This chill-out bar at the end of tour. |
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| In or Out, you decide ?. |
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| They have traffic lights just for bicycles. |
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| I wanna get one of these puppies. |
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| This is how Heineken distributes in the local supermarket. No paper boxes. |
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| This long cruise boat was making a U-turn in the canal. |
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| I loved these old tilted building. |
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| Well, this is a good way to transport a family. |
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| Seriously, look at how bad it tilted. |
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| The whole city is full of these tilted building, as the foundation of these 100+ years old building wore out. |
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