Day 6 – San Francisco Part 2
The 6th day of our trip, 2nd full day in San Francisco was again a 9am start. We thought it would be a good idea to get our pick of car park spaces so we decide to use the same car park as the day before arriving roughly the same time. We park our car in the exact same spot and begin our walk to Pier 33.
We purchased tickets online 3 months in advance for the Alcatraz tour, one of the worlds most famous prisons. As we walk down the Embarcadero, we pick up some snacks along the way and see some iconic names such as Pier 39. We also see a sign for Bubba Gump, a possible eating option for later in the day. I've eaten at the Bubba Gump chain in Bali, Hong Kong and Manila, I figured it would be nice to add a US city to this list too.
I also remembered to bring my Go Pro with me. Forgot to bring it out with me the other days. So off we go, boarding begins for our departure and the winds begin to hit us full flow in the face.
This is what we are leaving behind.
And this is where we are heading.
After 15 minutes, we approach the island.
Coming close to docking point, I get a moment of excitedness where I am actually about to step foot onto this iconic location. It's also the place where Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery filmed the movie The Rock. This in my opinion no doubt made Alcatraz even more iconic, especially to international visitors.
We disembark and I take a quick snapshot of the boat.
Welcome to Alcatraz Island!
I notice there's some kind of graffiti on the side of the first building we see. Indians Welcome.
We spot some more graffiti linked to the first one.
Amazing. With the prison closing in 1963, none of our group had any idea that Alcatraz Island was part of an occupational protest by native Indians in 1969 lasting for 19 months. Luckily the tour guides are all great and full of information explaining to us the past. I won't go into it too much but for those interested information can be found here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz
The 6th day of our trip, 2nd full day in San Francisco was again a 9am start. We thought it would be a good idea to get our pick of car park spaces so we decide to use the same car park as the day before arriving roughly the same time. We park our car in the exact same spot and begin our walk to Pier 33.
We purchased tickets online 3 months in advance for the Alcatraz tour, one of the worlds most famous prisons. As we walk down the Embarcadero, we pick up some snacks along the way and see some iconic names such as Pier 39. We also see a sign for Bubba Gump, a possible eating option for later in the day. I've eaten at the Bubba Gump chain in Bali, Hong Kong and Manila, I figured it would be nice to add a US city to this list too.
I also remembered to bring my Go Pro with me. Forgot to bring it out with me the other days. So off we go, boarding begins for our departure and the winds begin to hit us full flow in the face.
This is what we are leaving behind.
And this is where we are heading.
After 15 minutes, we approach the island.
Coming close to docking point, I get a moment of excitedness where I am actually about to step foot onto this iconic location. It's also the place where Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery filmed the movie The Rock. This in my opinion no doubt made Alcatraz even more iconic, especially to international visitors.
We disembark and I take a quick snapshot of the boat.
Welcome to Alcatraz Island!
I notice there's some kind of graffiti on the side of the first building we see. Indians Welcome.
We spot some more graffiti linked to the first one.
Amazing. With the prison closing in 1963, none of our group had any idea that Alcatraz Island was part of an occupational protest by native Indians in 1969 lasting for 19 months. Luckily the tour guides are all great and full of information explaining to us the past. I won't go into it too much but for those interested information can be found here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz
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