[AK Infinity]

Originally Posted by LongIslandBlunt

this brought me back to my trip there in August '06. Never been to the cup but def want to go to #21 jsut because the dam is so sick. i satyed in leidseplein and was around town sampling the goods before my luggage was even up in my room.

I had the same feeling but I was too exhausted from my flight over--which I didn't sleep on at all--that I decided to ditch my heavy bag. Had I known how much fun I was going to have I would've thrown it on my back and ran around the city looking for smoke.

Originally Posted by LongIslandBlunt

i sort of agree with you when you say that the quality of the weeds was generally better in America. Dont get me wrong, I smoked some amazing strains for 7 days straight, but I've had the same or better here in NY. Unless you live in Cali and have a med card, nothing comes close to going to A'dam and being able to order weeds and hashes off of a menu at €10/gram, and having the ability to choose from so many different kinds of dank at once. Just the availability was what wowed me. Maybe quality takes a hit due to the need to produce more for all the tourists and crowds at the cup? I dunno but I can't wait to go back. Peace.

You're onto something here because the ability to walk up to a counter in a Coffeeshop and order your choice of buds or hashish is really amazing. And even more amazing is that in some of the Coffeeshops there are very cozy nooks and crannies you can hide yourself away in to write, ruminate, or snuggle up to someone sweet.

Originally Posted by c20h25n3oIsGood

Yeah that was an awesome last post and now I really really want to keep reading.......post more!??!?

Good thread, man.

And yo, do you have any macro pictures or high definition pictures of this shitty amsterdam bud?
I find it very hard to believe that they don't put love into the growth of their buds...thats really sad, man.

Edit---What is the currency transfer rate, too?

I'm barely mediocre with a camera so I don't have any macros for you guys to see, beside who wants to see weed that looks like that close up?

The current exchange rate for the US dollar to the Euro: 1.4741

Originally Posted by sidious

After reading every post before posting this I'd just like to say that I feel sorry for my American/Canadian friends being so far away from Europe, I feel that you may think upon Amsterdam as a kind of Mecca of weed, it's not like that, it's a great ancient cultural city............. a city of Art and Architecture, of street performers........ vibrant music, that just happens to have decriminalized Cannabis, you can almost say the same for Ecstasy as well.......... they even have shops that can test your pill for you to make sure it's not contaminated, door stewards even allow access with them into nightclubs, Amsterdam is a city of tolerance, of people all getting along just because they can, for most there, they don't hold weed in the same high regard as we do, maybe that is due to the fact that it's against the law in our countries, maybe not, for me, I like to smoke as part of my daily routine, I enjoy it, I enjoy it's effects, and at night when I smoke, I want to feel stoned, well stoned............but for them, it's more like going and buying cigarettes, some pop in for one joint and a talk to the bar staff, and then they're off.

Absolutely bro, Amsterdam is a city of culture and art. If weed were illegal there I'd still go back period. I'd spent so much time with my fucking head stuck in the middle of my grow obsessing about weed that it never occurred to me to look a little closer at the Cannabis Cup. Hopefully we can all learn from our mistakes, I know I have.

Originally Posted by sidious

I live in Scotland, I can jump on a plane anytime and be there in just over 70 minutes, I've been many, many times now, I've met a grower over there who grows for a coffeeshop which I'll not mention, and seen his grow room, 120 plants, a massive carbon filter extraction system, all under 600w HPS's, automatic watering system, separate ballasts ran into a different room to keep the heat down, and a room so clean you could have performed heart surgery on the floor.......... who is a very nice guy, and actually does love his plants..........but I know what you mean, I've seen the badly stored weed, the hardly cleaned bongs in some shops, the way that some of them treat it like shit, but some places do have really good weed, I'm no noob at smoking or growing, and I've quite a high tolerance, and I agree, most coffeeshops do have weed that will be weaker than some that's homegrown in the states, but recently Holland has been coming under ever increasing pressure from the White house, to shut the coffeeshops, it was only on the first of April this year that they stopped coffeeshops from having Liquor licenses, I used to enjoy, playing some pool, having a pint of Cider, and smoking some good green, but Amsterdam is struggling under so much pressure to change, it certainly doesn't help their cause, when the British and American governments are coming out with comments like "it's not the stuff your parents smoked, that was only 9% THC, this stuff is 19% THC" so the more potent they make it, the more pressure that they come under, I'm beginning to wonder if maybe it's not just a coincidence that the potency is lowering, what better way to silence the critics until they've moved onto being annoyed at something else.

Goods points!

Originally Posted by sidious

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I feel that Americans/Canadians go there loving the thought of the weed and the freedoms, and when leaving end up thinking, I've had better weed, but what a fucking city!! and what a great feeling to be able to smoke freely, and in public, without either feeling or being treated as a criminal, what a freedom that would be to have back home!

This statement truly encapsulates what I feel right now. As I just stated above, my brain was focused on one thing and one thing only, weed and that myopic perspective clouded my research of the Cup before I went. I absolutely without any question I love Amsterdam the City, it was a terrific place to visit and I plan on going back many, many more times in the future without question.

I want to travel there again when it's warm so I can sit outside and feel the warm rays of the sun on my face while I toast some trees.

Originally Posted by sidious

If you want to visit a country that is a beacon of how all races and religions can exist, then Holland is the place, it makes you think............how can the rest of the world not get along like the Dutch do?

that's the way I felt after I went........and I'm addicted to it now..........not the weed, the city! the weeds just a bonus, I get to go about 3-4 times a year now, I can fly there for about $100, when it's that close you get to see a lot of it, and the best weed I ever had there was "Oceans Haze" from Dampkring.

Coming back home's the hardest part, when you get back, you just feel........things are just better there........I'd love to live there, to feel a true part of it, to breath it in and exhale it out, and think I'm part of it, and it's part of me.

I hope it was a good experience for you, it certainly was/is for me.............Peace out............Sid

Amsterdam started to feel like my home after only a few days, and after a few more I started thinking about the possibility of living there.

Originally Posted by eleven357

Yeah I am glad that I never went to AmsterD. This isn't the first negative review that I have heard about from over there. I heard they don't flush their ferts. WTF? I am so glad that I live here in California and have my MMJ recommendation. Thanks for the information AK! You saved me alot of money!

Bro you definitely want to go to Amsterdam, don't cancel your trip because some of the buds aren't up to par. Keep reading my posts I'm going to talk about that a lot because Coffeeshop buying is almost like a science. You have to meticulously search around the city as well as get very friendly with the patrons and staff of the shops. You have to keep asking questions bro and if you do your trip will be well worth it.

Originally Posted by HighHopes420

that was a terrific post infinity. a lot of effort and time was put into those words of yours. as a fellow cannabis connoisseur i have dreamt about the day i would arrive in the land of what seemed to be a stoners paradise, but only to arrive in a place where smoking on some dank ass homegrown kali mist or blockhead. growing in organics and properly drying and curing ganja is not a priority for some growers and therefore reduces quality like you had mentioned. ove time from what i have read about and heard about from forums, peers, even relatives is that because it is so plentiful in most areas in amsterdam and its suburbs they dont take as much pride in it. it is perhaps the idea that they just do it for tourism, or to make the quick buck and selling after 2 weeks of hangdry. this review or yours has really just made it more aware to me that it isnt really the idea of having amazing bud, more or less the idea smoking freely in a "chill" environment with people who really enjoy doing what you yourself like to do. who is to say, that you cannot do the exact same thing in ones own household with ease? however, making the trip would as you make it seem to be a fun trip. nice write bro and i cant wait to see what you have to say about the cup. ill tune in for later.........

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