Who will be in the Dam in mid April (4/20)

[Capt. Crip]

Glad to hear the fingerprint thingy is gone as that seems a little overboard......
Good to see you about Mr.Haze!!

I'm getting in on the 9th of April if any of you are arriving early...

Take care....................CC

 

[Guest]

Hiya Capt. Monday would be the perfect day for me to do that, maybe we should get a few folks to come on a Katsu visit, there are some other good little shops in that area I seem to remember, but it's been 4 years since I was last in the Katsu, been too long!

I don't fly out till half nine Monday night so till about 7 I'm gonna be hanging around waiting/recovering from Sunday night! I'm sure we will meet up at the Pollinator, I'll be there from about 3pm on Saturday.

I don't know whether I'll do my usual thing of going straight to the Grey Area or run straight to the Pollinator to see what folks have brought and grab my judges pass. I'm gonna have to be selective with my weed purchases this year, very short of cash, but a judge's pass should ensure a good stash for the weekend!

I'm still using my old IBM Thinkpad T20, it's only a P3-750 with 256 megs of RAM but it does everything I want it to and has never let me down in 6 years. They were 3 grand new but I got made redundant and kept it as the company had gone bust. It looks os grungy by now that no-one would ever nick it! I've got one of those tiny Asus eeepcs too so I'll bring that instad, it fits in my pocket.

 

[British_Bulldog]

Hi there,

I read on coffeeshop.freeuk that the WW Sativa near the train station has fingerprinting:

Willie Wortel's Sativa
Kruisweg 46, Haarlem

"Pieter from Netherlands. Sent 18 Apr 2007.
The coffeeshop is fun. You have to give them your fingerprint to go by the port to sit down."

http://www.coffeeshop.freeuk.com/ACDfrmGu.html

That was 10 months ago, and no one's corrected him on that site. I presumed the other shops were like that too, but you know what presumption is the mother of, lol


You probably can get what you want in Haarlem, but saying that on a public forum is likely to get people in trouble as it's illegal.

You can't get what you want in Eindhoven, as they're strict about the 5g limit. There is a way around it, but I'm not posting it on a public forum, and in Maastricht, you definately need to show ID and get fingerprinted everywhere, that's the most strict place in NL.


And seriously guys, I wouldn't bother with the Katsu, I went there a couple of months ago, and got the best sativa hybrid they had and the best hash - both were a let down, and Mr Haze saw how disappointing the Katsu Water Hash is - it barely even bubbled, if at all. The next best hash was a Moroccan, and was actually alright, but at 15 Euro a gram, it's overpriced and should be more like 8-10 Euro like the rest of NL. I know the NL there used to be good, but I don't go to the Netherlands to smoke NL

Peace

 

[Capt. Crip]

B.Hempire,
Sounds good,I hate to hear what B.Bulldog had to say...Maybe we can try out a few there and then head west towards the Kashmir lounge and try some of their gear(hashes)!!


B.Bulldog,
I have to agree with you in that the less publicity the better...They seem pretty open over at the "Channels" about the subject...It seems that they decided they were not going to abide by the rule and have not recieved much grief....I think it's probably best for the wall to wall tourist found in the Dam,,,keeps the tourist out of the canals

Take care fellas..........................................CC

 

[Guest]

Yeah Capt. the Kashmir Lounge sounds great, I haven't been there in a looong time and I love hash, been disappointed with a lot of the hash I've had in the Dam last couple of years.

 

[Alex-F]

We had a room in the Sativa last year for the 420, and as far as I understood the fingerprint thingy was for members only. If you weren't a member you just showed your passport to prove you're over 18 and that was it. No way of checking how much you purchased.

BH, let me know when you're next visiting Arnhem, it's one of the closest town to us in Germany.

 

[truecannabliss]

I'll be there, just gotta figure accomodation.....as always i've left it kinda late.
Peace

 

[Farmer John]

Me too bro havent even booked the flights or anything yet.

 

[Capt. Crip]

Can't wait to meet you guys!!
Gonna be a hell of a party!!Probably a Hazey party but a party nonetheless!

5 weeks to go...

 

[milehigh]

Glad to hear the fingerprint thingy is gone as that seems a little overboard......
Good to see you about Mr.Haze!!

I'm getting in on the 9th of April if any of you are arriving early...

Take care....................CC

Fingerprint at WW Sativa only. It is only for convienence and to keep riffraff out. You do not have to use it. See me for larger purchases at any WW shop. Cheers,

mh

 

[Kenny Lingus]

Yeah, I've been to Endhoven, Arnhem and a few other places, lots of great coffeeshops around and the prices and quality put the Dam to shame. Coffee and Dreams in Leiden used to be fantastic, not been there for years tho.

Of course, I can't say what I might be entering, blind judging and all, but I will say it is a very unique plant with a very unusual high, probably doesn't stand a cat in hell's chance of winning but it will be distinctly different from the other entries I reckon. I'm hoping I can find a way of getting some samples of my other buds into Holland, British Customs love searching me so no chance am I carrying a sack of dank through an airport (never again! lol)

I didn't know there was a Barney's on Marnixstraat, must be one of Derry's new shops. I stayed in a hotel on Marnixstraat for last year's cup. I much prefer that part of town to the Red Light.

I've never been upto that corner of the Jordaan where Republijk is, at least I don;t think I have. Last year I got very lost trying to find the Katsu and walked miles east from Albert Cuyp Markt without seeing a single coffeeshop. I turned north after a while and worked my way back to the area east of the Dam and checked out Rusland and the Bluebird. How I never managed to find Katsu I don't know, I've been there a few times and thought I knew exactly where it was!

I am really bored of central Amsterdam, so if anyone wishes to escort me to any of the more interesting, off-the-beaten track coffeeshops, that would be great. Oh, and for FFS, can someone take me to the bloody Katsu! lol

Hi BH! Then you actually where close by the Barney's I'm thinking of... (Right a few blocks west from BB and Rusland, Popeye's and stuff.

De Republijk is a bit further that direction and outside of the shopping area, so it has a very chilled atmosphere IMO.

Hope we get a good time now!!!

 

[British_Bulldog]

Thanks for clearing up the fingerprinting situation at WW Sativa, it's good to know I don't need to avoid that place in the future, lol.


Peace

 

[Guest]

I was a bit further along Marnixstraat where there are only hotels and poh retaurants, Marnixstraat is really, really long, so I don't really know where you're talking about. My hotel was just behing the Melkweg so just south of the Leidseplein. Last couple of visits I mostly hung around the Spui area, largely becuase the Dampkring wasn't full of tourists at the times I was there and they have some really good weed and the girls that work there are all gorgeous and really friendly, last time I was there they dragged me out clubbing with them after they closed the shop. Some good weed at Dutch Flowers too and I like Tweede Kamer for a quiet place to chill out.

The Amsterdam Coffeeshop Directory is a really good place to find info about the Coffeeshops, the map is pretty good, doesn't include every shop, but most of them. The reviews can be quite interesting too.

http://www.coffeeshop.freeuk.com/

The map is quite good but doesn't show all the shops:

 

[Karma Genetics]

I will be in the dam from 18 till 20 maybe 21.

And just to let you all know there is still not one fingerprint machine in maastricht.
(believe me i know ha ha)

 

[British_Bulldog]

Lol, I was gonna post that map BH, but I didn't have time, oh well at least I linked it, lol, and Karma Genetics, thanks for that man, it seems like I've been listening to too much hearsay. Are they strict on the 5g limit like we hear about? In Eindhoven, the 2 main coffeeshops were very strict with me, even when no-one was looking or listening - ok Saturday night's a bit "on top" we say, i.e. too exposed, but Sunday morning? come on, lol........maybe I just look like old bill (police) or something, lol

The prices in Maastricht are high though, is that definately correct? Like where's the best place to get buds and hash, for the best quality at the best prices.

Have you ever been to Heerlen as well? If so, how did you find the smoke?


Many thanks,


Peace

 

[Guest]

I can't wait to hit the Dam, counting the days!

 

[Capt. Crip]

I have a bunch of different maps I will post up today with some cool links that show restaurants and some that show the Trams ,where they go and direction of travel...

Also look up the Channels Forum,it has a coffeeshop board that is loaded with coffeeshop info....Hash and buds from different shops..
Milehigh is a member there along with Nol.....
Very coolforum about Amsterdam..

Take care........................................CC

 

[Capt. Crip]

heres the link to channels...

http://forum.channels.nl/phpbb/

 

[Guest]

Cheers Capt, I've found some interesting bits of info on those channels before.

I have to confess, I've never been on a tram or a bicycle in Amsterdam, I prefer to walk. Caught a few of those bendy buses though, I highly recomment hopping on one outside Central Sation just for a joyride, go sit right at the back and man is it freaky when you get to a corner and the front half of the bus turns and you keep going in a straight line until what seems far too late to make it round the corner, when they do that at 60mph on some of the outer roads it is really freaky if you're well stoned.

I have sampled more than a few of the restaurants though.

I'm mostly interested in what nice hash is for sale this year, the judge's samples will keep me occupied anyways and I'm bringing a load of samples of my own buds with me anyways.

 

[Guest]

I found a site with all the coffeeshop menus:

http://www.black-arts.org/~reatta/menus.html

Here is the Kashmir Lounge one:

I like the prices, much better than in the Centrum and some hashes there I would like to try - Turkmeni sounds interesting, don't think I've ever smoked any central Asian hash. The Hia Bal (Per Bal), whatever it is and the texelse hasj and purple hasj sound worth a toke and for 3.10 a gram,, I reckon I'll sprinkle a couple of grams of Ketama into a latte, much better than a space cake! I fancy trying the Santa Maria buds too, always heard so many great reports on that one. Funny they have Planken on the menu too as that's another name for Santa Maria, comes from the Dutch phrase 'cash on a plank' referring to the easy cash that comes with growing the strain as it;s got immense commercial potential supposedly.

Here's the Katsu menus too for those who fancy a walk to the Albert Cuyp Markt:

I definitely fancy trying their African and Kazakh hashes and the Thai, Punto Rojo Colombia, Super Jamaican and Jamaican weeds, I can smoke all the indoor hydro buds I want anytime I like so when I go to Holland I like to find the strange and unusual varieties.