Sunday, September 30, 2012

My colleagues and I decided to go our separate ways today and I decided to visit the Angel Island State Park, primarily for the Immigration Station there but also for the walk around the island. But before going to San Francisco, I stopped at Google campus to take a few photos of the Android mascots.

Android mascots in front of Google office.

The number of sea lions at Pier 39 reduced heavily since my last visit.

The ferry left Pier 41...

...and heading toward Angel Island.

The main building of Angel Island Immigration Station.

The bell marked the place Asian immigrants first set their feet in US soil.

Models of the Immigration Station when it was in operation

Female dormitory in the mail building.

Items scattered on the beds in the Chinese male dormitory.

Chinese poem engraved on the wall by a Chinese immigrant stayed in the immigration station.

The abandoned building of Fort McDowell east barrack.

State park rangers lived in these houses near the barrack nowadays.

Old battery site that used to protecting San Francisco Bay.

View of San Francisco city from Angel Island.

An airship doing advertisement over San Francisco Bay.

A chapel in the west barrack of Angel Island.

White houses built along the hill in the west barrack.

A small gun solely used for the artillery firing demonstration in the west barrack.

Many sailboats and yachts parked at the bay of Angel Island, with their owner picnicking at the nearby meadow.

Ferry heading toward the setting sun.

Lufthansa’s A380 just took off from San Francisco International Airport.

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