There and back.

Manila's underground electronic series — warehouse and rooftop parties at last-minute locations, for a crowd that's there to actually dance.

Manila's densest nightlife crawl — speakeasies, rooftop bars, and hole-in-the-wall clubs packed into a few Poblacion blocks.

Warehouse-style techno club in the White Rabbit Building anchoring Manila's underground.

Sub-heavy microclub — home to techno crews like Sonic Ulam and queer/FLINTA raves.

Manila's DIY underground — house/disco nights and custom-soundsystem raves with residencies at Makati's Nokal.

A BGC listening-bar restaurant — Spanish tapas plated to a curated hi-fi sound system; the original Got Soul.

Catanduanes' world-class right-hand reef barrel and surf-capital hangout in Baras.

The lone bell tower of a church buried by Mayon's 1814 eruption, standing in Daraga against the volcano's near-perfect cone. From the same park you can ride an ATV up the Cagsawa Forest Trail through river crossings toward the lava fields. Come in the morning, before clouds wrap the summit.

You ride a 150cc ATV across the hardened black-and-green lava fields of Mayon, the world's most perfect cone looming over you and the Cagsawa bell tower in the frame. Local's tip: tours leave from Cagsawa Ruins Park in Daraga and operators like Mayon SkyDrive pick up from Legazpi hotels — the Black Lava Trail takes you right up to the 2006 eruption wall.

1st Colonial Grill is the spot to eat through coconut-and-chili Bicolano cooking — laing, pinangat, Bicol Express, tinutungang manok — and then end on their famous sili (chili) ice cream, the country's first, served from mild up to a 'volcano-hot' level. Find them inside SM Legazpi or Ayala Malls Legazpi; start the sili at level 2 if you're testing your nerve.