University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
CALABARZON

LAGUNA [University of the Philippines Los Baños]

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🇵🇭ADVENTURE PRIMER🇵🇭

⏺ Ride a bus from Metro Manila bound for Santa Cruz, Laguna (e.g. DLTB in LRT Taft-Buendia).
⏺ Alight at Olivarez Plaza (travel time: 1.5 – 2 hours depending on traffic condition).
⏺ Ride a jeepney bound for UP Los Baños campus.

University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
UP Los Baños was my second-choice campus when I took the UPCAT. But I already grew up in the province and I wanted to experience the city jungle in Metro Manila and I was fortunate that I was accepted in UP Manila campus.
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
It was a day trip with one of my friends from the travel community. We met up at dawn at LRT-Buendia and hopped on a DLTB bus en route to Los Baños. We were supposed to see Dampalit Falls that day.
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
We arrived at the jump-off going to the waterfall before sunrise then trekked for a few minutes but the waterfall, to our dismay, was dried up.
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
We didn’t want to go home empty-handed. It was still early after all. Our fallback was visiting University of the Philippines Los Baños.
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
My uncle was a professor in UPLB and my cousins studied here so I was pretty much familiar with this campus of UP. I was still in high school when I first set foot in UPLB. I was attending my review classes for UPCAT during that time and my review center was located just outside the campus. My classmates and I used to chill and hang out at Freedom Park.
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
I’m used to the crowded and polluted streets of Faura and Pedro Gil of UP Manila but I wonder what my college life would be if I studied here.
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
But for someone who grew up in a rural place, I wanted a change of atmosphere that’s why I chose the fast-paced busy life of the metro.
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
UP Los Baños is one of the side trips you may consider if you’re checking out some attractions in Laguna.
University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
That day of our visit to Dampalit Falls, at least my friend and I didn’t go home totally disappointed as these Instagrammable spots inside this campus saved us.

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