Here are pictures from various trips I have taken to faraway (and not-so-faraway) places.

Also see the pictures from Party At Ian's Place At Indyra's Place in Amsterdam.

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As always on Queensday, people set up tables all over the main streets to sell random stuff.

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The crowds start to form.

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There are many stands selling food and (especially) drink. You'll notice a lot of people wearing orange; that's the colour du jour.

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As I said, "drink".

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We're not even close to the centre of the city yet, and the crowd is pretty dense.

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The houseboats in the canals are usually filled with partiers today.

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More mobile boats (as opposed to the fixed-in-place houseboats) in the canals than usual today, as well.

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A boat of orange people (including some hair).

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One stand was entitled "Ex Porn Star". I don't know what was going on there.

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Dam square (the main square in Amsterdam) on Queensday.

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Ok, now the crowds are getting a little thick, and hard to walk through. We lost Russell for a while.

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Nikita, squeezing between a car and a wall, on a search to find Russell.

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Even the alleyways are packed.

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People, people, everywhere.

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Some of the North American bunch that came to Queensday with me: myself, Nikita, Molly, Todd, and Russell (in front, having been found).

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Molly tries on some silly orange sunglasses.

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Two boats (going in opposite directions) try to negotiate their way under a bridge.

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A duck with ducklings (near the top of the picture) in the canal.

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We had a BBQ on a houseboat for dinner. This was the same houseboat we were on during Queensday 1999.

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The houseboat partiers.

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One of the neighbourhood cats, that jumps on and off of the houseboats.

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The same cat, now on the boat.

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Another cat, trying not to fall in to the canal.

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The end of Queensday 2001. Litter is strewn all over the streets (and some in the canals).

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Tulips in Amsterdam (not a shocker).

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The next day, motorcades of street sweepers like this one (and much larger ones) go through the streets of Amsterdam to clean it up.

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The cleaners will get to this mess eventually.

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