ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ DAY 11: Alcatraz, San Francisco No trip to San Francisco would be complete without a trip to Alcatraz - 'The Rock'. This was home to some of America's most wanted (Al Capone and 'Machine Gun' Kelly) until 1963 when the US Government realised it was cheaper to put them up in the Waldorf. Not sure how the guests would have felt about that. The audio tour around the prison sounds tacky but it's really enlightening and gives you a real flavo...

BIKING THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE DAY 10: San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito After a good breakfast at the hostel we headed out in the morning heat to find our bikes for the day as we'd decided to 'ride the bridge'. After a short route briefing from the bike rental man (not sure either of us were listening) we were on our way. We decided to take a route that would carry us over the bridge and down into a small town called Sausalito, across the bay from...