I might go back later...
OK... I went back tonight. I thought I smelled a lot of hash in the "Centrum" area of Amsterdam, but the RLD on a Friday night is even worse. I'm fuckin' stoned, and I didn't even have to touch any weed. At one point, I thought that I was actually going to puke...
Now, my head just hurts.
As for the "puppies in the window", there was another interesting assortment tonight. One strip was even dedicated to fat chicks. It was hilarious. I had to cruise it a couple of times. The "trannies" are aggressive as hell. Even when you didn't look at them, they were pounding on the glass and opening their doors in an attempt to get your attention. It's still a fuckin' freak show. About 25-30% were fairly attractive, and about 10% were impressive enough to fit my 10 category.
Then, I got lost and wandered the back and side streets of Amsterdam for the past two hours. The locals were of no help because most of them were stoned out of their mind. The blogs on the interwebs claim that the RLD isn't safe at night, especially when you're alone, but I didn't have any problems. There were a number of seedy looking individuals wandering around appearing to look for easy marks, but nobody approached me. Perhaps, they were concerned about the second-hand smoke from my MonteCristo No. 50.