Carnivore Chris

Whatever areas it is,local lockdowns make more sense. I always said that local lockdowns and limiting travel between cities made more sense than local lockdowns. It's taken them 6 months to come up with this. For me it makes more sense because it doesn't have as big an impact on the economy while at the same time all focus can be on where it needs to be. My city had barely any cases or a serious problem during the national lockdown. It never needed to be in lockdown. What it needed was stopping people coming in from other towns, as you'd expect that has as much chance of spreading a virus as moving between countries.

There was actually an old Peruvian guy riding around on a bike with a speaker blasting out Cumbia music. Then when I went into Vondelpark, he was sat in there blasting music out, with other Latin Americans dancing, smoking weed, etc. I ended up chilling with them for a while having a spliff. @Mpache Then as you walked further down there was some big Jamaican fella with his top off blasting out Reggae with a few of his pals Then as I was sat on a bench in Saphire park(I think it's called that), some random German came and sat next to me on the bench(when there were 5 others free), put his speaker down and started blasting German hip hop while eating a tub of magic truffles. There was a fella form Eindhoven who randomly came up to me with 50 euros in his hand telling me it had been a while(was it you @Gunnersauraus? ), asking me where the red-lights were. Then he pulled out a box of Viagra, telling me how he's "come prepared". It's what I like about Amsterdam. It's just full of strange(but in a brilliant way) people who can all go out there and be themselves, whatever they are. Amstelpark was also a change as I had never been there before, due to it being out of the way. I got the metro there and was surprised at the lack of tourists(in fact there weren't any I don't think?), it was all locals and you never smelt any weed at all(well until I turned up of course ), there is also a windmill there which was pretty class. Not to mention, I had a look around the lake and saw some fucking huge carp in the margins, which I could have caught easily with a stalking rod. It makes you wonder if you're allowed to fish it. But honestly, I'd take a 100 euro fine if you weren't and it meant catching one of those beauties! Speaking of fishing, I spoke to a local who was lure fishing and he said it's 4 quid for the year to fish all the canals and you get a little map showing you all the spots. I might have to indulge into some "urban fishing" out there. All you would need is a small rod and you could go lure fishing on the canals and then do a bit of stalking for the carp on the park lakes.

I went for the double dong, that way I can share it with that scaffolder at work..

There we go @nudge a 15 inch cock and balls and a 16 inch double dong

Personally I don't think football is that great as whole right now. It's too much about money to ever be great again. Obviously money has played a part for years, in fact decades, but it's become silly now. I'd also say it was going through a transition period aswell. Also as I mentioned, unless they get rid of VAR, the sport will never be the same again unfortunately.

Yeah but Juve are nothing special either. Full of old players. That's why teams are catching them up for me. It's not just a cycle either as these leagues are dying because the Premier League has become pretty much a Super League. The sport will never be the same again and it's not a cycle. We've never seen this before and unless half of the teams in these leagues sell their clubs to rich Russians, Americans, Arabs, Chinese, etc then they will never compete again as they just have all their players taken off them every year, while Premier league clubs(and a handful of clubs from these other leagues) price everyone out, while picking up steals from every other league because of clauses. Covid will also ruin some clubs, including some big ones. But honestly the quality in La Liga over the past few years has been dreadful and it will only get worse as you could see it coming for several years. VAR has killed it aswell. Introducing that nonsense was well and truly the final nail in the coffin and I was personally never in favour of it ever coming into play. It doesn't suit football and never will however it is or isn't implemented. The Bundesliga has alot of top young talent but they aren't the future of German football, unless they go to Bayern, if we are honest. Besides alot of young players look much better there than when they leave.

Terrible season all-round, even worse than last season(which is saying slot), the talent just isn't there anymore. 95% of the clubs just sell everything good they have and the ones who don't sell their best, waste money on absolute garbage. The level of football quality is also horrendously bad and it's gone from a league full of attacking talent and excitement to one full of teams playing defensive football as they don't have the quality. I suppose most leagues are now in this position though as the Bundesliga and the Serie A are both awful aswell(the Bundesliga has alot of young talents, but they are just being warmed up, nothing more) and the less said about the French league, the better. Hopefully La Liga regains its former glory, although I can just see it getting worse and worse from here on in.

Greater Manchester: City of Manchester Trafford Stockport Oldham Bury Wigan Bolton Tameside Rochdale Salford Lancashire: Blackburn with Darwen Burnley Hyndburn Pendle Rossendale All these in the North West have some form of restrictions.

So, I went for a little walk at 6:30 this morning(to smoke up all the rest of what I had left, as you do) before I had to head to the airport and randomly some fella is rolling blading down the street at like 60 mile an hour, wearing a pink mankini with a pink shower cap on, flying through the (quiet early morning) streets. Where else do you see shit like this? I could honestly write a book about the things I've seen there De Wallen was fucking rammed last night(I honestly think that if I'm to catch corona, it's from going down there!). Everything is pretty much normal other than nightclubs being shut, but rowdy bars with music are open, red lights are open, all coffeeshops are(most you can sit inside, only few are takeouts), restaurants are open to sit inside, even the likes of Mcdonalds are for sitting in. As for masks, you only see them on public transport, but you don't need them in the stations themselves, likewise, you only need masks at Schipol airport when going through customs and boarding. Vondelpark was normal, but they have big rings spray painted on the grass to keep a distance and people were doing so.

It reached 32 degrees here in Amsterdam today. It's still warm now, 26 it says on my phone. It feels very Southern Europe-like. @Stan gets rain when he goes in Summer

Can you fish in Amstelpark lake? Just saw some huge Koi carp in the margins. I'd catch them easy with a little stalking rod! @SirBalon 69

Very true to be honest.

Yeah, I filled one out and printed it before I came but they didn't ask for it. Cafes and bars are as normal from what I've noticed. But the odd coffeeshop is take out only. Not been down the red light area yet and today I've done nothing but sit in parks getting stoned and eating shit food from McDonald's. Too warm to walk around.

Masks throughout the flight but you can take it off to have a drink or snack, no temperature checks at all and they didn't even ask me for the health declaration form . On the train to the airport, I was the only one on the train between Bolton and Manchester airport. The busiest train route in the north west was a ghost Train. The airport was quiet compared to normal and the flight took about 20 mins less than normal. Only need masks here on public transport, other than that I haven't seen anybody wearing one really. No more than you would pre covid where the odd Chinese person has one on.

Only reason I'm here is because the 2 fellas I work.with are off this week and I didn't want to be sat at home. Lovely weather here. It's like May in Spain.

There's still flights from Luton for today mate!

It's pretty much normal here in the Dam. In fact the quality of weed is better and cheaper. There's tourists but I've actually spoke to mainly Dutch people on this trip and it feels more like a Dutch city. It's not over crowded. It's how all cities should be and tourism needs cutting down. Spain need to do the same! Only things not open are nightclubs but I'm.too.old for them anyway. I'm definitely bringing a rod next time. Spoke to a fella yesterday fishing and it only costs 4 quid a year to fish all the canals. It would be an interesting 5 hours or so one day. @SirBalon 69 Only downside to this city, as always, is that money just goes. You can spend 100 euros before even reaching the hotel

Yeah I saw that. I'm hoping it should be fine for the Netherlands though as they aren't recording as many cases as it stands. It's the other way I'm worried about, and the Netherlands reimposing a 2 week quarantine on Brits just before going there . It can also quickly change as there doesn't seem to be much social distancing happening in Amsterdam now judging by those live cameras, although at the same time it doesn't look near as packed as usual. I've noticed with Amsterdam also that there is one flight a day from Manchester at the moment and 0 from Liverpool, while there used to be 3 from Manchester and 3 from Liverpool, so that means less people are travelling there atleast. There also hasn't been any on Saturdays, which is usually a day in which there would be a lot flying there. This is why I decided not to go to Spain as you could see it coming. It's where everyone goes at this time of the year and not to mention, they are always much more strict there than in most other countries in Europe so you'd have more chance of ending up stuck in some hotel somewhere there, and if you go out, the guardia civil end up smashing you with batons . Netherlands is more relaxed, so it's less risky in this regard.

Negative!

Yeah, I'm surprised at how bad your dollar is considering the country you are. Australia is considered the best country to live in along with Canada in terms of living standards. 700-800 a month? That's some blow! There is a chance I might not be able to go now. My workmate's son has been coughing so has had to go for a test today, if that comes back positive at 7am tomorrow, then I'll have to go for a test myself to be sure, since I've been working with the fella for 3 weeks now(he is in contract with his son everyday) and we travel together in cars. If I've caught it then I wouldn't want to travel even if I could because it's disrespectful. Saying that, as it stands, it's only a what if! I actually feel better than I have in months right now.

Wow the exchange rate is terrible.

Cuba would be amazing, even if just to see the beaches. One thing I like about Cuba is all the old skool US cars they have.

It's the best way mate because you only live once and there is a planet there to see. Did you ever manage to go to Colombia by any chance? As that's the one that is mainly on my mind now, but then Jamaica and Mexico after that. All in the Americas either way. I find that part of the world the most fascinating. This time next week I will be in Amsterdam, that is better than nothing I suppose as I've never had a bad time there.

To be honest, I haven't tried everything, but a lot of it seems based on sea-food puts me off as I've never been a big fan of sea-food at all. In terms of food, I think Argentina would be the place for me, if those restaurants I've been to in Amsterdam and Barcelona are anything to go by. The steak is incredible and I'm guessing it'd be even better in Argentina itself. Jamaican food actually as well. You've been everywhere to be honest. I need to up my game in the coming years. Did you ever go there on your own?

To be honest, once i finally "come out of my shell" and do a few countries in the Americas, then I may even end up having Thailand on my list. It's not that it doesn't interest me, just that other countries interest me more so I don't really think about going. Freshwater Fishing in Thailand would be amazing though(the best in the world) and obviously it's pretty much paradise there. Some of those beaches are incredible. The only thing is the food, I've never been huge on Thai food(or even Chinese in terms of Asia), but there is always something to eat wherever you go so I would live. I was actually speaking to a scaffolder today who has done Mexico and Jamaica and he said he wants to go to Thailand next, then he randomly said "And, in terms of those lady boys, no, you wouldn't have to ask me twice. Have you seen them? I've been watching videos of them on youtube" Only on building sites do you come across such people. Thing is, he goes away with his wife as well.