Jardin de Maria Clara is a garden park where you’d find many varieties of flowers such as hibiscus (gumamela) etc. It was named after the late Mayor Maria Clara Lobregat. There’s also an aviary and a butterfly garden. We did not stay long because of the scorching heat.
Just stone’s throw away from Jardin de Maria Clara is the Pasonanca Park where the famous tree house sitting on an acacia tree can be found. A well-known landmark that’s always open to the public. It’s said that you can ask permission from the mayor’s office if you want to stay in the treehouse for a night. We didn’t ask because we are a kapre-fearing Catholic bunch. Lol! Pasonanca Park’s construction is said to be started by Governor John J. Pershing.
Right beside the tree house is the Zamboanga Headquarters of the Boy Scout of the Philippines. There’s also a camp site with rows of teepees. But I was kind of more interested in the neglected building right across from the tree house. I suspect that it used to be a casino but judging the design of the building, considering that it’s already rundown…it must have been a really flashy building back in the day. Wonder what happened? Hmmm.
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