OCTOBER 2009 SAIPAN BOTANICAL GARDENS AND KELABERA CAVE
Read MoreSomehow it just seems like those two signs should never go together. I strongly believe that they either need to do what is necessary to make it safe or close it off (the tree house). Seems even stranger when one considers the percentage of people coming through here who don't read English (at least as their primary language). It requires due care even for me to safely negotiate this thing any more. Very sad that they have allowed it to run down like this. Really needs replacement of lots of boards, for weight bearing areas, safety railings, etc. I think that safety folks would shut something like this down in any one of the 50 states. Otherwise, the Botanical Gardens is a pretty cool place. You can tell that they are apparently barely holding on, however. A restaurant which no longer serves food, fountains now forever dry, a tree house which is dangerous and should be closed, another (smaller) tree house which IS closed, etc. Like LOTS of things in the CNMI: TREMENDOUS potential, somehow unrealized.
BeverLi
on October 31, 2009This is one of the main attractions that brings me to the garden....sitting up in the treehouse watching the ocean....maybe I'll do a rejuvenation project when I get there....need a few more carpentry skills though.