Photographs & Memories

This is a private beach but the public is welcome for a fee of 10 pesos per person. It's about 1 kilometer long and dotted with trees, kiosks and restaurants with karaoke bars. There are also sari-sari stores where you can buy the items that you forgot. The place is open 24 hours a day. After your swim you can rinse out at the public dressing room areas. The beach is not as sandy. There are lots of stones and rocks.
The beautiful view of the Basilan Straight water and Santa Cruz Islands in the distance, along with the cooling shade the giant acacia trees casts, are some of the special treats that keep paying visitors coming back for more.

ZAMBOANGA TREE HOUSE POEM

ZAMBOANGA TREE HOUSE
Elizabeth Stafford
Pasonanca Park Tree-House
September 30, 1963

From the heart of an Acacia tree
Come these words from me to thee
In a tree-house I now stay
My third day, out Zamboanga way.

Leafy boughs frame screen-tight windows
and sky is etched in swaying palm-frond rows.

Beyond shines the Celebes Sea
while close around "my" tree
Brilliant bougainvilla reaches up to me.

The rainbow tips a bird's wing
While friendly Filipino voices sing.
In pretty Pasonanca Park
Where Tree-House living is a lark
A stream-fed pool
Invites a swim that's cool.

There's room for two
But one alone "can do"
With frig and lights
And comfort for all rites.

At dusk and dawn
A cricket combo will help you yawn.
Rare fruits tease
Sun-sweet breezes please.

How much: much No price!
It's just to be nice
To City Guests who stay
Out Zamboanga way.

But of pesos -- leave a few
La Lavandera will wash for you.

This sweet little scheme
For enchantment - whose dream?
That of Cesar Climaco, a mayor
With imagination of his mind plus hair.

For every visitor out Zamboanga Way
This my heart is glad to say.

Source: 1987 Golden Jubilee Souvenir Program
Jetlink Website

Zamboanga City

ZC Pasonanca Tree House

The TREE HOUSE at Pasonanca Park was built in 1960 during the Zamboanga City Administration of the famous local legend, the late Mayor Cesar C. Climaco.

You have to make a reservation if you wish to stay for a night or two. A cozy place with its modern facilities. It can accommodate a couple. So, it's a great honeymoon suite for a newly wed. And it's FREE!

For Tree-House reservations, contact: Mr. Rolly Bucoy City Tourism Officer Office of the City Mayor Tel. No. (63) (62) 991-4525 Fax: (63) (62) 991-1889
Source: Jetlink Website

ZC Camino Nuevo