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Amsterdam 20 May 2007


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We were taken to the red light district for an eye opener. Here, prostitution is legal. There is even a kindergarten in the area. The children here fully understand the nature of their mummy's job. As you walked along the streets, you see women of all races and ages wearing skimpy nightwear and bikini posing sexy pose behind the full length window inviting mens to book them. I must say the competition is quite stiff. not possible to snap photos as i need to respect their profession. We also went to see a sex show. nothing fantastic. One of the korean left after 10 mins. He think that is dirty and sex should be beautiful and a bond with her beloved wife. I must say he is the most romantic and fuuny guy i have ever seen. He show me what he wrote to his pianist girlfriend in his book. though the words are in korean, there are drawings of what he had seen during the tour and he picked tiny pretty flowers and paste it on the book. His dream is to be a good son, a good husband and a good father!

Posted by poppies 31.05.2007 9:37 AM Archived in Backpacking | Netherlands Comments (0)

Heidelberg 19 May 2007


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We only spent a couple of hours cruising the University town of Heidelberg as most of today is on the road and early morning next day, we will be moving on to Amsterdam!

We spent the hours in the castle where we can catch a good view of the captivating old town and the picturesque of Neckar river.

Posted by poppies 31.05.2007 5:33 PM Archived in Backpacking | Germany Comments (0)

Munich 18 May 2007


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We took a guided bicycle ride around this fascinating Bavarian capital. We were given the simplest bicycle i have ever seen. There is no gears to shift but at least they have brakes. We stopped at the beer hall at Englicher Garden for lunch. I like the atmosphere there. It's open space with a chinese style tower (wonder why?) where the musicians played on the 2nd floor in the midst of hundreds long tables and benches seated with good fun people.
In the evening, we went to one of the oldest beer hall in the city for dinner. We tasted their german specialities including pork knuckes and "hell" beer while watching dancers, yodellers and musicians in full costume. everytime a tune is finished, we will need to start prosting. Prost = cheers. All of us had such a good time prosting and dancing. That includes our Amy who don't even get into the dance floor in S'pore! She did it here in Munich so u can see how much fun we had

Posted by poppies 29.05.2007 3:13 PM Archived in Backpacking | Germany Comments (0)

Munich 17 May 2007


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There is some things about Germany. They are good in machinery. They have a defensive football team. They have the world's best sausages and beers. They are fast drivers (they have unlimited speed limit until 2ys ago). There is also Hilter who brought upon world War 2 whom the germans today are ashamed to discuss.

We visited the concentration camp in Dachau where they kept the Jews and other "foreigners". The sad thing is that these prisoners are made to build more concentration camps to hold people like themselves. Seeing those stories and pictures are really very depressing.

Posted by poppies 29.05.2007 3:07 PM Archived in Backpacking | Germany Comments (0)

Prague 16 May 2007


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Czech Republic is considered as the largest porn country in europe. Red Bull is big here. The beer here is so much cheaper than any other places we have visted. One bottle cost only SGD30 cents. We had a lunchtime cruise along River Vltava, seeing Pargue in a different angle. The sightseeing tour took us to the church of St Vitus and astronomical clock which on it's tower, there is the horologr from the early 15th century. In the upper part of which, the 12 apostles will appear every hr from 9am - 9pm. We also visited the very famous Karluv Most (Charles Bridge) founded by Charles IV in 1357.

We had a little missing episode during our free time. We lost sight with each other during a commercial shooting in one of the streets. We only found each other after 1hr at St Vitus. The funny part is that Amy had been following me for the past 10min before she gave up and called out to me. At one point in time, she is just 1m from me and i didn't even notice her presence. That's me. Always in my own world. haiz

Posted by poppies 27.05.2007 11:34 AM Archived in Backpacking | Czech Republic Comments (1)

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