So far, I never did a more-than-two-days solo travelling. Well, I almost did once when I visited KL during new years eve in 2012 but I teamed up with a friend there. And finally I got the chance to do it right before I went home earlier this month. It was a five day-ish trip to The Netherlands, to Holland to be precise. The trip was awesome, I loved the cities’ architecture. the canals, the windmills and the bicycles.

I ended up visiting six cities during my trip: Amsterdam, Delft, Kinderdijk, Den Hague, Volendam, Edam and Marken. Everybody knows Amsterdam, the busiest metropolitan in The Netherlands. To my surprise was that this city was awesomely beautiful. The old houses by the canals having the signature architecture of the time are simply great achievement both in art and engineering. A trivia, the canals in Amsterdam are filtered once every three months to keep them from having foul smell. Another interesting spot in the city is of course the red light district. Ladies over red-pink-ish windows and weed’s smells are over the place. According to James, the guide from the city free tour (I recommend you to do this tour on your first day of your trip), the district itself is partitioned into several areas, which served different segment of customers, yes they are so business minded. Continue reading “FirstTimeSeries#2: Solo travelling, the perks and the hurdles”