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Pure Land Notes. Journal of the Pure Land Buddhist Fellowship. Web version. namandabu
A sub-site showing photo's by Gary Robinson, webmaster of www.purelandnotes.com

 

http://www.iamsterdam.com/

http://www.holland.com/
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http://www.amsterdamhotspots.nl/

http://www.timeout.com/amsterdam/

http://wikitravel.org/en/Amsterdam

  
 
Amsterdam ... as it is
pic 9. Hand painted lamp - with bird-box- in De Pijp ("the pipe") near Sarphatipark
pic 10. Snapshot - location forgoten, sorry!
pic 11. Grand Hotel Amrath on the junction of Kromme Waal and Prins-Hendrichkade
pic 12. Looking across the Red Light District towards Oude Kerk.
pic 13. Hortus Botanicus (Botanic Gardens)
pic 14. Dam Square, early evening in mid August
pic 15. Sunset behind Koninklijk Paleis, Dam Square.
pic 16. Snapshot - location forgoten, sorry!
pic 17. Kitchen widow display! Insider Art or Outsider Art??
pic 18. Where Oudezijds Voorburgwal crosses Damstraat (Rick's, [pic 3] behind us)
pic 19. Modern block in Nes district.
pic 20. Snapshot - location forgoten, sorry!
pic 21. The 2 towers of Sint Nicolaaskerk
pic 22. 'Pirate' (no mouring, no services) boat in Red Light District (in background - 2 open toilets in Oudekerkplien
pic 24. Building in De Pijp district, corner of Van Ostadestratt/Tweede van der Helstraat - now Gyminastiekvereniging Amsterdam Zuid (south)
pic 25. Snapshot - location forgoten, sorry!
pic 26. About to go under Prins-Hendrikkade into Waals Eilandsgract (Kromme Waal )
pic 27. Waterlooplien from the other side of the Amstel. Zuiderkerk in the distance.
pic 28. Building in De Pijp district, corner of Van Ostadestratt/Tweede van der Helstraat - now Gyminastiekvereniging Amsterdam Zuid (south)

I first went to Amsterdam in 2007 and the highlight of that particular trip was the discovery of the Fo Guang Shan He Hua Temple which is paradoxically, or perhaps that is bizarrely, located on the edge of that cities infamous Red Light District.

Enabled by budget airline Flybe with its cheap and direct link between Amsterdam and my home town of Southampton I have since made ten return visits to this fascinating and quite unique city. Perversely it is actually cheaper and takes no longer for me to get to Amsterdam than to London which is only 80 miles up the road from here.

Click on any picture left to enter a Gallery of 28 pictures featuring Amsterdam just "as it is"; sometimes scruffy, sometimes baffling but always enthralling.

For my gallery of another 28 pictures featuring the Fo Guang Shan He Hua Temple and their Buddha Birthday celebrations and parade through the streets of Amsterdam on 17th May 2008 please click here.