Netherlands

Golden Tulip Amsterdam-Zaandam - Zaandam, Netherlands - April, 2008
Hard to express how much I disliked this hotel (10.04.2008 19:14)
What am I doing here? Oh I keep asking myself that. Why am I in this god-forsaken down-market crappy Dutch hotel? On the plus side, it's only for one night but on the down side, surely somebody could have found something better than this. Where am I anyway? To be honest, I don't exactly know. Someone said Zaandam is just north of Amsterdam. Someone else said it's about 15 minutes and 4 [more...]

Safaripark Beekse Bergen - Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
A Little Taste of Africa in the Heart of Holland (16.10.2006 23:33)
Setting the Scene Its a warm Sunday morning in September, around 9.30 am. Behind us a series of traditional African round huts with thatched roofs separate us from the safari park beyond. Small children are swinging excitedly on the fibreglass tusks of a large grey model elephant as we wait for the park to open. Their parents are watching strange peacock-like birds strut up and down and the [more...]