We arrived in Amsterdam in the afternoon. After checking into our hotel and freshening up, we all assembled at the lobby for a welcome reception at a nearby restaurant. There were new people that joined us – those from South Africa who did not obtain their British visas and were advised to just fly directly to the Netherlands. Our Tour Director told us we were going to be treated to a rijsttafel dinner at Indrapura, a very elegant Indonesian restaurant in the Rembrandtplein