Alcatraz: The Rock

This is actually the photo of a National Park. Confused? Don't be. This is a photo of Alcatrza, called 'The Rock', a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay. It is pretty famous also by the name of a movie with the same name, starring Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage.
The island has a chequered history, finally culimnating in being a federal prison till 1963, when it was freed and made a national park. It is a popular tourist destination, reachable by a ferry ride from Fisherman's Wharf.
It was a natural prison, since it was not easily accessible, had freezing waters that deterred most people trying to escape. Some of the most famous prisoners over there were Al Capone and George 'Machine Gun' Kelly.

The inside of a cable car, San Francisco

This is the inside of a cable car in San Francisco. If you take a closer look, then you will find that there has been effort taken to make the look feel old, heritage like.
There is a lot of wood used in the making of the cable car, and it shows. As you can also see, it is fairly crowded, with a mixture of tourists and denizens of the city.

View of Alcatraz from the cable car

I like this photo a lot. It shows a sloping view of the San Francisco towards Fisherman's Wharf, from the perspective of somebody on the cable car leaving Fisherman's Wharf and climbing a hilly road.
You also get a long distance view of the harbour, and of Alcatraz, The Rock. It is the island, right in the middle of the Harbour.

The streets of San Francisco through the cable car

If you look at this photograph in full view by clicking on it, you will see some idea of the ups and highs of the streets of the San Francisco. San Francisco is a strange place, going up and down. If you look closely at the wheels of the cars, you will see that all the wheels are turned inwards. Due to the sloping nature of the roads, all parked cars have to have their wheels turned inwards so that even if they start to move down for some reason, they will turn into the curb.