Visiting Alcatraz

Visiting this famous prison(color version) is a must if you are ever in San Fran. Best if you buy the ticket in advance, there is a limit amount of visitors are allowed each session. We bough ours on the same day(early morning) but i think we were just lucky and it was in end of August. we wanted to visit the night tour but it was fully booked, that need months in advance because there are only 2 session for the night tour but then again, it's not exactly at night but until 6:40pm but no biggy

while waiting for our boat to come

model of Alcatraz aka The Rock

the ticket to Alcatraz it's abit expensive ($30/pax), although it's a national park, the national park annual pass are of no use here. According to them, the national park itself is free this $30 is for the boat ride though

the boat ride takes about 5-8 minutes

reached

the dock at The Rock

security tower

once on the island, there is a short briefing from the ranger of the national park welcoming all visitors

exploring the rock, behind me is the Officer's club

there was also an exhibition going on

more infos :-------> http://www.for-site.org/project/ai-weiwei-alcatraz/

the only person i recognize was Aung San Suu Kyi on this lego portrait creation 

background is the main building of the prison

the water tank

the creepy morgue

the inside

going in the main prison

there is a free headphone provided, that guided us through the entire main prison,

so no point me telling the whole story. no spoiler! :)

real bullet holes at the cut off

enjoying the tour

the yard

the small hole to see the outside world, so near at yet so far indeed

back to the cell

it was said that this part of the prison cells were the most desirable because they got sunlight

boon the happy prisoner

this is where they put the misbehave inmates, it's actually quite dark and creepy

famous inmate

the library was quite big, well prison standard

it's like time capsule here 

administrative office 

warden's office

the wardens' of Alcatraz

light house

the warden's house

i wouldn't mind being waders's wife...hehe

everyday beautiful view but then again i would probably bored, hey nothing is perfect

view of San Fran from The Rock

going back in the main building again

beautiful paintings and sketches by the inmates

the dining hall

kitchen

infirmary

boon in BW in the infirmary, another horror movie poster...hehe

the escapees that made it out, or dead in the cold freezing ocean? no body knows what happen to them

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here are boat departures scheduled from The Rock back to the pier.

we spend about 2-3 hours here exploring, With the queuing. boat ride and everything, one need to at least spend half a day of their time to visit the Alcatraz. 

~ enjoy ~