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Which European city is divided by canals into nine small islands? I AM Amsterdam, also known as Venice of the North due to its many canals and waterways.

Spring is definitely the best time to visit when the tulips in Keukenhof Park are in full bloom!

Windmills are home to Amsterdam, a must see as if you get the chance.

However, these windmills are located in the countryside so get sightseeing!

We took a cruise on a glass-topped boat for a tour of the city via the canals. Pretty much like Venice in Italy.

The houses here are very different from those in other European countries. They are more height than width in very disproportionate measurements making them look paper thin and very cardboardlike!

Amsterdam was once a fishing village but has evolved into one of the largest cities in The Netherlands.

I just love the canals. Pity the closest we have is perhaps a big monsoon drain?

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I know it has been quite awhile since my last post. That’s because I was busy with work and preparing for my trip back to Malaysia again! Yes I am back in Malaysia now. With family and so many friends here, it makes it even impossible to update my blog.

Will try to plan a couple of trips to places like Hong Kong and Singapore before I am back to London.

Anyway, here are the photos of the world’s largest flower garden, Keukenhof Park, Holland.

All photos were taken with Nikon D70s, in case some of you might want to know

The flowers in Keukenhof Park are mainly tulips.

The best time to visit this park would be around mid of March til mid April. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to see the tulips.

Keukenhof Park actually exports tulips to all over the world. You will see it shortly below.

The entirely park is just so beautiful, just imagine the park near you but its covered with tulips.

That is definitely one beautiful tree. Rarely see that colour elsewhere.

Purple, Red, yellow, green…. you name it….

This is one of the main canals that is used to water the flowers.

There is a Japanese garden too.

Flowers, trees, water and sunshine, what more you can ask for?

This is where they plant all the tulips. However, it is not accessible to tourist so we can only see from the other side of the canal.

Hope you guys enjoy

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When I was in Amsterdam about a year ago, I stayed in one of the barges in one of the canals near the city centre of Amsterdam. It was quite an unique experience for me.

Here are some photos taken from the barge i stayed in.

This was taken at the ‘golden hour’ of the day, you have to just wait for the right time and you’ll get very colourful clouds and skies.

Got up pretty early on the next day as I was very excited and eager to visit the city. Waiting for the rest to get ready was rather boring so I took this shot from a very low angle.

Then, I got even more bored so I decided to align the chairs and took another few shots.
A tips: always shoot away from the sun, the sky will always be more blue than shooting against the sun.

This is the barge I lived in during my stay in Amsterdam. Pretty cool eh? The rooms are ridiculously small and there are like 8-10 rooms on a single barge. Of course, there are toilets and bathrooms too.

Calm water gives the best reflection. Never forget to look for reflections during your trip.

Nothing great here, its just one of the busy Amsterdam street.

Unlike some European countries, shops and restaurants in Amsterdam do operates until mid night.

Teasers! This is where you get your ‘magic mushrooms’ and ‘space cakes’. For your information, those are drugs. It isn’t really legal in Amsterdam but its tolerated! So enjoy.

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