January 17, 2011
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Ptown.
i have just finished watching a little segment on the history of P-town. who knew that the city of Provincetown, in the state of Massachusetts, USA, is actually the first landing spot by the American forefather. the Portuguese took over the role from the Native Americans as the settlers and made the once bare empty land into a real civilization. the place then turned into the true origin of American drama and inspired many artists and writers, such as Michael Cunningham, Jack Kerouac, Gore Vidal, and Tennessee Williams, to mention a few. P-town also played a key role in starting the AIDS campaign during the turbulent year of presidency of Ronald Reagan in the 80s, due to the increasing death from the AIDS virus. tragic years.
i have been to P-town and stayed there only once, and at the time with little... errr.. actually, NO knowledge of what so ever on the history and meaning of the town, found nothing special about the place. knowing what i know now, looking back i can only say, with embarrassment, that i had wished i took the time to get to know the place and why it meant so much to friends of mine who live in the States. it makes me rather regretted the fact i had not made an effort to visit the place before i returned to Asia, along with places like Washington DC, New Orleans, and Alaska. all i can say now is that if the town is good enough for those artists and writers, then it's good enough for me.
and yeah, as few of you probably can tell, i MISS New England, despite the snow storms and all
Comments (6)
I drove through Ptown without stopping several years ago. I plan to visit New England sometime and will remind myself to stay over in the town to find out more. Hope you have a chance someday to visit US again.
I agree with you. There are so many interesting town in New England not to mention the usual DC, New Orleans etc.
I definitely like P-Town better than Rehobeth!
hm, i havn't done much traveling the place sounds interesting to visit.I didn't know all that info either.
I hope you get a chance to visit Provincetown again. Maybe you can squeeze in a tour of New England while you're at it.
@ElusiveWords - @stevew918 - gosh, i hope so.
@Fatcat723 - ok, i REALLY miss the stats now
@CareyGLY - never even heard of Rehobeth. sounds like a name for one of the characters in harry potter story.
@Sc12EeN17aM3 - me neither. it's funny how many places i've been to, that i later on found out more interesting info. about the places that i never knew before. i hate it when that happens. it always makes me regret not knowing 'cause now i have to actually return to those places to enjoy them the way i supposed to.