Hey folks, Well, we survived the bus...all 12.5 hours of it. Managed to get a bit of sleep, despite it being totally freezing for the whole journey. Arrived around lunchtime and decided it wasn't too far to the hostel, so we'd walk it, complete with rucksacks and all. Fortunately we didn't have to hike up any of the notoriously steep hills to get there, but did have to negotiate 6 flights of stairs once we'd arrived: the sedatary commute of the last 6 months seems a distant memory! Having showered and eaten, we headed for the harbour to check out the Alcatraz tour times for tomorrow. Managed to stop a couple of times on the way, once for a quick look around a magnificent Catholic Cathedral, and a second for a devine brownie and coffee. Timed
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