A photo of the mess inside our car. notice how the driver is posing for the camera AND driving at the same time =) (for the uninitiated, i'm referring to the one on the left; its left-hand drive over in USA)
And more often then not, road trips mean that 1 person is awake driving on the road, while the others are all sleeping in the car.
The first town we stop at is called "Sandwich". I'm sure the town people have heard countless times of outsiders asking them where they can get the best sandwich in Sandwich. Its a rather quaint little town, with pretty houses and stunning scenery.
Like every town or city, Sandwich also has its own memorials and signs proclaiming ordinances that prohibits certain forms of behavior. In Sandwich, it seems as if the most pressing issue is the abandonment of ducks and geese. They also had a memorial commemorating the American Declaration of Independence, and a little WWII memorial honoring 3 men from Sandwich who died in combat.
And Sandwich has its own imposing buildings, like the Town Hall above. Its a pity that we couldn't enter the Town Hall as it was closed on weekends. The only church in Sandwich was also rather imposing; check out the clocktower (though picasa stupidly cut it off while this photo collage was being created).
But then, the highlight of the trip was the visit to the beach!
On the beach-tram to the beach. I cant believe they charge us USD$10 to park our car at the beach!
Slowly approaching...
And then we finally see the endless sun, sand and the Atlantic Ocean! It seems like a glorious day, but the fact is that the water was %*$%& cold. Your feet will go numb within 1 min of standing in the water. I asked a local person how cold it was, and she said she thinks that its too cold to swim.
more photos of the beach..
And finally, a crazy group photo taken by everybody.
Interestingly, we met a couple of Singaporean NTU engineering students in the Men's changing room! They are here going to MIT on exchange. I ID them by the way they speak, which proves that you can take the Singaporean out of Singapore, but you cannot take the "Singapore" out of the Singaporean =)
Our last stop was to Provincetown, which was traditionally known as the town where gays and lesbians congregate. They are trying to change the reputation of Provincetown into one which is "family-friendly", though I dunno whether they are successful at that. As an aside, can anybody tell me what that flag there means? We joked that the flag is the flag of the "United States of the European Union", though of course that is not true.
We went to the first restaurant, only to find out that they ran out of food as its the last day of summer. The owner of the restaurant (the lady in the black cheongsum) and her friend were very entertaining. It turns out that both of them had been to Singapore many times, and the dude in black could even tell me Singapore's traffic control policy in the 1970s! The owner, on the other hand, had stories of Singapore revolving around the British and American Club, and the Marco Polo hotel.
Only 3 of us went in search of food as the others have already eaten. We went to this fantastic restaurant that served lobster. It was a damn big splurge for me, as the whole lobster meal cost USD$45 including tips and other stuff. But the lobster was worth it =)
We finally made our way to some very long rocky path that separated the ocean in that part into two. The view was stunning as the sun made its way down on this side of the world.
Wonderful, isnt it?
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