Kee Hua Chee Live!: CRUISING IN AMSTERDAM FOR JUST RM 38 FOR 1 HOUR---AND I WAS NOT, FOR ONCE, CRUISING FOR SEX, SEX AND MORE SEX!

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

CRUISING IN AMSTERDAM FOR JUST RM 38 FOR 1 HOUR---AND I WAS NOT, FOR ONCE, CRUISING FOR SEX, SEX AND MORE SEX!

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Since Amsterdam is world notorious for sex as proven by the scores of pretty, alluring prostitutes sitting inside red windows waiting for customers, when I tell my friends I love cruising in the Dutch capital, everyone assumes I was looking for sex and said it was high time I lose my virginity.

But this time, I was really cruising and did it in the way it was originally meant to be---on a boat, on water and traversing Amsterdam's many canals!

The weather was fantastic with blue sky interspersed with fluffy white clouds with the city bathed in a brilliant, sunshiny glow that brought out the colours of this lovely city. Amsterdam is much better maintained than London as all the buildings are well maintained with seemingly new coats of paint and everything in perfect order with no grime, stain, cracked balustrades, chipped carvings or broken railings.The buildings, pavements, trams and facades of public/private buildings are beautifully kept and exquisitely presented. Most if not all buildings blend beautifully with each other and are in original, pristine condition. There are few ghastly 1960s or 1970s boring blocks with square windows and characterless frontages.

So a cruise on Amsterdam's many canals was in order and I think the 8.50 euros or RM 38 was the best purchase ever!

The cruises start from the canals in front of Amsterdam Central Railway Station. Just take your pick from any operators and they cost about the same for 1 hour on the glass boat that takes you into the harbour and along the picturesque canals that are Amsterdam's signature and former life lines.

Not all passengers are tourists and many are Hollanders from out of town. The running commentary is in Dutch, English, German and French.

When in Amsterdam, go cruising for a truly fascinating, enjoyable and unforgettable 60 minutes! It will be the best RM 38 you ever spent!

Start from here

That is Amsterdam Central Station

So pretty

Off we go!

Look at the pattern

This station was built on a manmade island

Nice

This pretty pink darling sat in front of me

2 pinkies!

Sweet

Stunning

Old ships

Such a galleon used to ply the seven seas and brought the Dutch to our shores

Such ships were used to bring spices back to Europe by VOC the Dutch East India company

Former port master HQ

I love this ship

Well preserved

Cool statues

Stately

Ahoy there

Dutch flag flying high

Grand

Impressive

We made a U turn

Pleasure boat

Modern

Dutch architects are famous

No this is not Hong Kong's Jumbo Floating restaurant

A smaller version of HK's Jumbo restaurant

Serves Chinese food of course

Tourist attraction

Looks like the Jumbo Floating restaurant in Hong Kong but this is Amsterdam!

We now enter our first canal!

Houseboat living appeals to me~!

This guy enjoying tea and relaxing in style on his houseboat!

I love it

Enjoying a lazy afternoon

Folly Tower

Looks like a windmill of sorts

Another house boat

They have electricity, running water and sewage system like any other home

Nice

Cosy and comfy!

Interesting

Canal living

My lovely lassie

She will be Miss Holland

Houseboat

Pleasure boats

Easy living

Big one

It has everything including balcony

These houses are so majestic

My boat!

My boat offers views all round

Enjoying life

Paddlers out and about

That's an elephant at the base!

Unusual to have an elephant!

Another similar cruiser

Lovely lassie

Historic buildings

Party!

This is the life

Simple fun

I did this too

Simple pleasures

Narrow canal!

Bit crowded

Restaurant

Twin facades

Stately building

One family used to live in each building in the old days but now some buildings contained several apartments

In the old days, the master, mistress and family lived in the ground, first and second floors while servants lived on the top floors as there were no lifts!