Yeah, yeah...

The Bloody Producer™ sitting on his

bloody designer chair, setting up some

bloody challenge again

K: as usual. L: as usual.

And he's also set up some forfeit

I'm sure, where if we fail we have to do some thing silly

L: yeah...

K: (we'll) find out later. Anyway let's enjoy the flight.

L: and give way. L: or you can just block the way, like this

DRTV's been sent to Amsterdam, we have

been given the good treatment

VIP lounge

which we were very calm about

We are actually ahead of

all other business class passengers

K: yeah...

business class seat which we use to

and boarding early

which means we can play about

on the seats

K: That's alright, isn't it? L: Yea…I mean Yeah…pretty good.

A: We are use to it. L: use to it, use to it.

K: so what's your thoughts, what you imagine Amsterdam to be like. L: Actually my first impression of Netherlands

is when I was really small, I saw a TV advert of a milk brand

It's a little bit like "Sound of the music", singing in the field

L: Hmmm…right. Well Lok might be very disappointed by the milk in Holland then

it was incredibly nice for the dutch people to give me such a warm welcome. I must look tired

from that long flight cos they don't seem to recognise me

the Bloody Producer™ wasn't such a tight bum this time, and he got us a car

nice little surprise

L: thank you, that's my luggage. K: yes

L: I just keep on shooting so I don't have to move stuff.

L: I have to shoot...

K: but we are the two drivers, so we got to have fun

Unfortunately as it turned out, that little surprise was a sugar coated piece of poo

L: What is that? Why is there a pink envelop there?

L: The Bloody Producer™. K: Well...

Why he has to always speak to us. It's annoying.

The challenge is that we have three days to visit nine locations

finishing before the sunset on the 3rd day, around 9pm

with a number of silly tasks throwing in throughout

if we don't complete it

L: Oh, costoms again!

A: ahhh. K: wakawhohohoho. A: Scared me. L: hahahaha that is freaky.

the Bloody Producer™

is freaky as well

if we don't complete it

then we have to wear the Teletubbies costumes

for that remainder of our journey back to Hong Kong

to the airport, and on business class

failure is not an option

then we checked into our hotel

and I decided to take one of Lok's room card keys. He doesn't need two of them

and he doesn't need to know either

K: just got one card key for that. Keep that safe. L: that's alright. I'll remember that.

K: Bye. See ya.

Spare room card keys are always useful, in case someone takes one of them

after dropping our stuff off the hotel, we realised that we were missing something

that they don't provide at European hotels

Toothbrushes! No Matter, because we did a bit research into this. There's a shop that

sells dental hygiene stuff

only that

just got to find it now

K: let's follow that

let's get that guy with a box

K: Hello, uh...

(supposedly dutch) Where is...

teeth, teeth shop? Man: sorry?

K: oh the tooth...

L: can you speak English? Man: Yea. K: oh Ok, where is the toothbrush shop?

Man: toothbrush shop?

it's a good question

K: that's ok. No problem! Thank you. A: Thank you.

Kai: uh... Hello, excuse me.

Man 2: hi!

K: (supposedly dutch) uh... where is er..sorry

Man 2: okay

K: Tampon, Tampon shop?

K: wrinkle?

K: Tan…er…

Man 2 in fluent English: what's the store? K: toothbrush shop, the toothbrush shop.

Man 2: toothbrush shop

um... yeah as it turned out even delivery men speak better English than some of

the people I know back in the UK

L: alright? K: yes! we bought our toothbrushes. A: for each other.

K: what did you get? A: very sensible

a wooden toothbrush. L: aha. K: LOL

L: nice

A: you like it, right? K: Anyway, I've got this for Alamby

Angry Bird

sometimes you are angry so this is er… A: thank you! L: so I bought this for Kai

K: oh magenta!

L: yeah magenta colour. This toothbrush brushes

all three surfaces

of the teeth

inside, outside and the top…so A: it's good for lazy people. K: excellent! That's useful

it's actually really useful

A: we can go and brush our teeth now. K: let's brush our teeth before they rot away

and we're left with just

the blackness. Voiceover: Then I got a bloody call from the Bloody Producer™. BP: hey, I see you have some bicycles. Your first task is to cycle around Amsterdam.

K: what's the point of car then?

BP: it's Amsterdam. It's famous for bicycles.

K: are you getting the place mixed up with China? That's the place

that is famous for bicycles isn't it?

BP: No! Goodbye. K: alright then.

The start the first day of challenges, we have been given a set of wheels. Each.

i've been given a set of wheels

So we have got the car rentals obviously so we can get bicycles. We have been given bicycles

and we have to do

the first thing we got to do is

cycle around Amsterdam

A: good for sightseeing.

K: exactly. You know.

K: anyway, we have got the ideal travel cameras. We have got a camera each for travelling...

A: I've got the (Fuji) X100S.

You all know I really like it. It's small, it's light

and it looks good

K: that's the important thing. A: fits my outfit and all that stuff

A: and yeah, viewfinder...

perfect for traveling, travel light

K: Lok also thinks the same that's why he's got a GH3

L: I always love micro four third, I have an EP1

it's not as big as a DSLR, and I can

do very good video with this one. Very decent videos.

K: when it take videos,

the auto focus is really good on this one. It's almost like a camcorder. K: really?

A to K: what about you?

K: I have got the ultimate in term of quality.

A: yes in term of quality. K: You know Douglas took the Holga home,

so I took his PhaseOne

so um...

this is the ultimate in term of quality. You can't compromise on this kind of things

so… why not bring the best?

PhaseOne IQ 160 back

and 645DF plus

and a Schneider Kreuznach

80mm f/2.8 lens

L: yes, have fun with

riding bicycle with this. A: carrying that!

K: that's alright, I'm gonna hide

I'm gonna hide the toughness I mean

can't see that I'm in pain. A: and you'll be sweating pretty soon.

Despite the initial disappointment of having to use primitive transport, we bravely went on ahead

The journey? A tour around the

Pipe

The Pete

The Pie? Uh…whatever, you can see it on the screen

Motorists usually find cyclists annoying, but the cyclists rule here

the PhaseOne was a hefty beast, but just look at those gorgeous files!

Even at 100% they look utterly stunning!

it seems like the team was starting to enjoy a little fresh air ride through the town

most of us anyway

K: oh they are alright aren't they? Oh yeah. Their light cameras there, all sensible cameras.

Full frame? How about bigger than full frame? Eat that! Er…but for now I just need to eat something and have a bit of rest.

The GH3 is probably the most convenient to use one-handed, with most of its controls on the right side.

and being plastic fanatic light

we were having so much fun we didn't notice that the Bloody Producer™

left us a little voice mail. BP: "so that's it, get a gift for each other and use them!"

K: Ok, so uh...

got a voice mail from the Bloody Producer™

now we have to buy

gifts for each other

Dutch gift, proper dutch

A: and then use them for the bike ride? K: yep

L: OK, there are lots of shopping...

K: Actually, I've got a good

I've got a good idea, so… A: I have got a good idea as well.

A few moments later...

A: you know I have got some

really really good stuff for one of them

L: hello! A: woah, scared me

L: really dutch. K: I have gone dutch.

L: got something for you Alamby. A: Ahahaha No!

A: I have got something for you Kai

K: Lok this is for you

A: you got the same thing for Lok? K: what have you got for me?

A: Uh..okay…have a look

have a look

Kai: uh…No…

L: oh come on, you guys don't have…well…we don't have any imagination

Clogs, made of wood

not what you'd use at Tour de France

well, you probably seen mainly performance enhancing drugs use at Tour de France

allegedly

but the point is its going to kill our feet

Oh oh

Oh there's poo here as well

poo everywhere

losing it

poo poo

A: it's very loose

Cycling around with Clogs on is not that fun

they are not exactly designed to er… stay on your feet that well

L: people looking at us...

K: Oh there's a car! Trying go get my clog back. A: Oh no!

Ah…hang on

hang on...

K: meanwhile while Lok has gone up there, we have got our normal shoes on

don't' tell him

K: this is funny…isn't it? A: it's funny cos we are like ah ah ah ah

K: should we go to (unintelligible) now?

A: he's looking back

K: let's go. A: Go go go, he can't ride fast anyway.

A: I'll go first

K: three point turn. A: three point turn?

Thankfully we have arrived at our 2nd location

K: Okay, so this is our 2nd location...

Heineken experience

K: turns out the Bloody Producer™ has got some good taste after all.

He's not into cheap alcopops

A: so we can go in and have some beer right?

K: yeah!

Oh, drink and drive, drink and ride.

This is the Heineken Experience, education stuff beer related

more specifically the history of Heineken and how it's made

there are plenty of people taking photos here

the Phase is… well…

better in good light

you can take it to high ISO, ,but they can get a bit noisy

to commemorate your visit, you can put your name on a bottle, or other words

no rude ones apparently though

K: no rude words...

kicks bum

it would seem like I haven't picked the right camera

but that's alright when you have beer

Well perhaps not for Lok. I think he's having way too much of the old Dutch courage

K: you OK?

anyway cheers

A: you really like it, don't you? L: …

A: Oh yeah!

A to L: hey we have to go the next location

K: we've got other stuff to do

we've got other stuff to do and I can't close this

A: I'll do it, I'll do it.

K: I've done it!

L: I think I have to er…

go back to the hotel

I think I have to take a taxi… I can't

ride anymore. A: who's gonna? K: We can't return your bike

K: No… A: Oh he's taking a taxi

A: oh… K: We are gonna just ditch that...

A: you paid the deposit.

K: Oh no! I forgot that.

Lok, looking worse for wear decided to take a

seven seated taxi back to the hotel to sleep it off, but we still have one more location to go to that day