Alcatraz Island | San Francisco, CALIFORNIA USA
When
we booked our trip to America, the other travel bunnie said to me
that I could go anywhere and stay at whichever hotel that I wanted,
on one condition; that he gets to do a night tour to Alcatraz Island.
I
gladly accepted the proposal.
As
we were on a tight schedule during our stay in San Francisco, we
decided to do a night tour to Alcatraz Island, which turned out to be
an extraordinarily memorable experience. As we lined up at Pier 33 to
board onto the boat to the island, the sky darkened and it started to
rain. An eerie feeling creeped up along my spine as soon as I
stepped off the boat and climbed the hill into the main prison.
We
had were allowed to stay for an extra hour on the island to catch the
eight o'clock return boat service, but I felt so disturbed after
having seen the old prison hospital, I yanked the other travel bunnie
by his sleeve and begged to go back to the mainland.
The
whole tour was professional, informative and engaging of your every
sense. The tour is almost completely self guided and the audio
guides that you are given at the start of the tour just take you that
extra step into transporting you back to when Alcatraz was alive with
activity. Also, the views back across the bay in every direction
behind the light mist for rain was spectacular!
On
the way back, I couldn't help but wonder, did anyone really escape
this super facility?
Total
Bunnie Dollars Spent: $74
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