Had lunch before leaving for AlcatrazTaking a bart~Today's transport is all FREE! cos its SPARE the air day~!We took the blue and gold ferry to alcatraz island! Only Yongxin and I went. Cos think shushu and jeremy will be going with others. Gillian said it is jus a prison and angie jus didnt want to go.

This is the San Francisco view~
We reached in like within 5-10mins ~ Alcatraz was once a fortress, lighthouse, place for the American Indians, prison and then tourist attraction After watching a short clip introducing alcatraz..we saw some exhibits

Warden Officer's uniformBefore it was a prison, alcatraz was used as a fortress and hence soldiers lived here once..and walked through a tunnelI suppose this place is where vistors communicate with the prisonersLets begin the tour~they have names for the different rows of cell..There were altogether 3 levels but we were only allowed access to level1 and limited areasThese are the few notorious criminalsA barber shop

Dining hall A picture in the dining hall (of san francisco)Hospital..Library

I think this is the cruelest form of punishment - Isolation
There's practically nothing..no window, no light, no one. One prisoner who was kept inside said that he tried to pass time by plucking out his shirt button and throw it on the floor and try to find it. I think people will go mad.Isolation cells
Let me out!
Small window to peep out to the world3 brothers tried to escape and i think they were successful cos no1 found them. But it was rumoured that they didnt make it pass the currents of water. But ya the wind and waves is strong. so i wonder if they really made it back to San francisco. wHo know? It'll just remained as a mystery.they made a dummy to pretend they were zzz

The sewage system they used to escapeOthers who tried to escapeBehind us is the recreational centre where prisoners were allowed to come on condition of good behaviour(i think)

See that shambles..?I forgot wat was it tho..think its a fire that destroyed it. During the period where the American Indians stayed. Most of the things were destroyed. Thats whythey lose the public support for them to stay on this island. San francisco view. Friends said it was nice. But it was misty the day we went!! so we didnt get a spectacular view!Water tank

Administration buildingLighthouse for the ships

MortuaryThink this is the place where the prisoner warden's family stayed in. Dont they find it dangerous?
Anyway, its like on one end theres the sadness of locked out, the other is the freedom and laughter of kids. See the red wordingsModel of the island when it is a fortress. See all the canons that outline the island.A prison model . The island is quite huge and we didnt really cover everything due to the limited access.Leaving the islandFurther as we go..Goodbye alcatraz~After that we met the rest in japantown. to walk around. But in the end we didnt but jus ate in one of the jap restaurant. Again. Eat.
After that we went to a club called cellar. Well..i dont really know how to dance according to that music..:S But most of them were caucasians. Our towkay I am not drunk.Just tired from dancing. Feeling sleepy ..ahwahahI