A walk through Los Baños' beauty

Enjoying the province's simple pleasures

- POCH EULALIA

To cap off National Arts Month, we found ourselves joining the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to venture out to Los Baños, Laguna. What we encountered was a province that welcomes creative minds freely, as well as places worth visiting, all within walking distance.

Our journey began at the Los St. Pedro Bautista Municipal Hall. Even in the early hours of the morning, the building finds itself busy with its daily operations. It served as ground zero for our heritage tour. Our first stop was just across the street, a marker for the University of the Philippines Los Baños' (UPLB) College of Agriculture Foundation Site. UPLB was initially founded in 1909 to promote agricultural education and research in our country. A tent on the marker is used to symbolize how tents served as the venue for the first classes of UPLB, taught by Dean Edwin Copeland and other Thomasite Americans stationed in the area.