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7/28/2019 Expedition 5 -- Chinatown and the Bay
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Description: While many U.S. cities have Chinatowns, only one has Angel
Island the place where emigrants from China during the 1880s were
detained, sometimes for years, until they were allowed to complete their
journeys in San Francisco. Many thousands of immigrants passed through Angel
Island on their way to Chinatown and the walls of the barracks they inhabited
tell their story, with poems carved into the soft wood, and exhibits that highlighthe vast distances and incredible challenges that immigrants overcame. Angel
Island underwent a $20 million renovation several years ago and there is not
only a museum but an infirmary, boat dock and other areas to visit. This trip
exposes you to a healthy, vibrant, thriving Chinatown that is the legacy of those
who landed, stayed and sometimes died on Angel Island.
For this trip, youll take a boat ride to the island; visiting the immigration station
requires an easy-to-moderate one-mile walk from the boat dock to the
museum, including incredible views of San Francisco. At some point (before or
after) youll take a bus or walk from the CalTrain station to Chinatown (the
official entrance and big gold dragon are at Grant and Bush streets).
What youll get: CalTrain and MUNI tickets (2 rides per student) plus boxed
lunch. Ferry tickets to Angel Island and to the Immigration Station Museum.
What you need to plan: How and when you visit Chinatown (before or
after the island). Chinatown is big and incredible and its possible to just go there
and soak up the street scenes, but there are also museums and self-guided
walking tours that you can find on the web do some digging. Youll also need
to plan your boat trip to Angel Island and work with Paul/Beatrice in advance to
get tickets.
Marguerite shuttle fromAdelfa to PA Caltrain
PA Caltrain to SF Caltrain
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Island and in San FranciscoChinatown.
CHINATOWn AND thE BAY
NBTB 2013 Reporting Excursion Template 5
GHIRARDELLI SQUARE TCHO CHOCOLATE
FACTORY
FARMERS MARKET
ANGEL ISLAND
CHINATOWN
GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE
ALCATRAZ
CALTRAIN