American Journeys. Mortification by me, 1991 (age 25) PART 1 - Page 4

mousepod · 04-23-2008, 05:34 PM

I've been to Alcatraz twice: once when I was visiting SF as a teen, and once more recently when my sister came to visit us there.

It's an interesting tour, but my favorite part is probably the ferry ride to and from the island.

lashbear · 04-23-2008, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I've lived here a decade now and never been to Alcatraz. Doesn't really interest me though a couple of times we've tried to spontaneously go and the ferries are sold out.

I'm not really much interested in its history as a prison. But I have more interest in the Native American protests in the '70s. Do they have any tours focused on that?

The blue line harbour tour we did had a 20 minute spiel about the protests as we stopped to view the Island. Very interesting. (and of course, the souvenir history book we picked up at the Alcatraz shop had plenty about it as well). That explains the graffiti !

04-23-2008, 05:34 PM	#31
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I've been to Alcatraz twice: once when I was visiting SF as a teen, and once more recently when my sister came to visit us there. It's an interesting tour, but my favorite part is probably the ferry ride to and from the island. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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