When I was young, I learned to love traveling from my mom. She taught me to see the world through the eyes of a kid who is always in awe of new experiences.

On her 65th birthday, I'd like to give her the travel experience she's been wanting to have all her life -- a cruise, a sleeper train, and an experience of a lifetime, all at no cost to her!
I know this will make her very happy, and most specially if friends and family help bring this dream a reality.
Our planned itinerary of 11 days will cover:

- visual and gastronomic adventure in Hanoi
- 3D/2N luxury cruise in Halong Bay 
- 33-hour sleeper train ride
- overnight suite stay in a grandiose historic hotel in Ho Chi Minh

Will you please help me send my mom to Vietnam? Any amount can help me bring Nanay closer to her dream. Below is a sample of the trip expenses:

- a meal in Vietnam costs $5 x 20 meals (about P4,500)
- a night in a hotel costs $45 x 4 nights (about P7,500)
- an overnight stay in historic Hotel Continental Saigon costs $120 (about P5,000)
- one-way sleeper train ride costs $100/pax (about P4,500)
- roundtrip flight (MLA-HAN-MLA) costs $180/pax (about P8,000)
- 3D/2N Halong Bay Cruise aboard Dragon Pearl costs $300/pax (about P13,500)

I will be producing a "passport" which shall contain the gifts collected from this fundraising project. I shall also ask for kind messages from you, to be compiled in the "passport."

I will chronicle this once-in-a lifetime adventure trip in my blog, The BRATpacker.

Please help me make this gift come true. Send my mom to Vietnam, pretty please? :)

(IMPORTANT NOTE: to avoid extra charges if the money is sent via Paypal, I can instead send my BPI/BDO/Metrobank account details especially for family and friends in the Philippines. Thank you.)