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"Thanks for
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 Lotus Travel is creating a web page for adoptive families to be able to anonymously share a key memory of time at the White Swan. For details click W.S. Memories to view or submit your story to
iris@lotustours.net to
participate in this Lotus Travel exclusive. Each family will receive a small gift in recognition. |
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"From Home to Homeland" |
Looking for a book to prepare for a return
trip? Here is a  jewel! It's a definitive book for China families as they prepare.
Editors, Iris Chin Pointe, Deb Jacobs and Leslie Kwang have compiled a strong array of voices (adoptees, parents, and experts) to address a range of questions. Click: From Home to Homeland to read more. |
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Be in a beautiful place this winter |
Harbin Ice Festival is the most famous in the world. See traditional ice sculpture combined with modern technology for spectacular sights. Click Harbin Ice Photos to see incredible photos.
Plan your heritage tour this winter and take your own photos with us! Click Harbin to see tour schedule or email info@lotoustours.net to
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Preparing for international  or domestic travel this summer? Click
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| Cambodia Heritage Tours |
Click here to review  great heritage tour options. Join us today!
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| Travel:
Immunization & Health |
Click health to read a review of health related suggestions for traveling.
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Traveling...  It's something our family loves to do. And, of course we know that many of you do as well. This issue is chock full of travel information as summer gets into full swing.
I trust you will find this newsletter useful with various culture articles, the FCC spotlight, book highlight, and tour features. Whatever your plans and wherever we might see you, we wish you the best of times this Summer. We'd love to see you in Guangzhou sometime. Just let us know! From everyone at Lotus Travel: Relax, summer is here!
Lea Xu
Sales and Marketing Director
Lotus Travel Inc. |
"Red Couch" Reunion Tour
Make plans for Dec. 2010
For this tour, the White Swan and Lotus Travel are planning a special program to honor adoptive families.
This chance to revisit China and allow yourself and your child to experience the "original" White Swan is limited. Enjoy a customized itinerary and White Swan welcome for adoptive families. The last evening includes a silent auction with unique items. Click Red Couch Reunion to read the full tour schedule.
Come, stay, and create great memories for you and your family and revisit the White Swan before its one year close and TOTAL renovation. Space on this tour will be limited, so plan now. |
Hunan
 Rich history
This province has a claim to many well known historical figures and has played a key role in China's development.
Click Hunan to read a full summary of the highlights of Hunan, and know that Lotus Travel's own Louie Yi, spent his formative years in Changsha. |
| Hunan Winter Tour - Dec. 2010
Relax with our "trip guide extraordinaire" from Hunan
Join Louie Yi as he leads his first ever families Winter tour to the Hunan province (where he grew up)! 
Louie Yi, President of Lotus Travel will escort this group to visit his hometown-Changsha and has arranged a special time dedicated to Hunan families with the Changsha SWI.
Families with children from any Hunan city will enjoy this tour and special attention from our own consummate travel guide and see sites of: Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Changsha, and Guangzhou. Click Hunan Winter Tour 2010 to review full details and plan for a great winter break! |
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| Heritage Trip Planning
Read a compelling account of distinctly different "welcomes"
One family -- more than one experience. Read an anonymous article entitled "A Rock and a Hard Place".
Whether visiting different locations in Asia; domestic and foreign adoption; or other differing circumstances, there is insight from this excerpted chapter of the book "From Home to Homeland". Click Differences to read more. |
FCC Austin
Leader Spotlight
In our ongoing effort to highlight different chapters around the country, newsletter editor, Iris Culp, spoke with FCC Austin president Becky Harding.
This chapter has taken the challenge head on of a diverse interests and needs of families with a wide variety of kids of different ages. Click Austin to read how an active chapter is strategically approaching keeping kids' interests and meeting families' needs. |
 Travel to Vietnam
Is your family preparing for a return trip? Would your family like to reconnect with Mrs. Thuy of the Claudia hotel? Lotus Travel will arrange that or help with any other travel needs. Click Vietnam Tours to review tour schedules. Or you may contact info@lotustours.net to get started on questions for your trip! Also, click Vietnam Travel Tips to get a refresher on some key travel pointers specific to Vietnam as you prepare. |
 Modeling: Role Models...
Research tells the impact of positive role models
That is what motivated adoptive parents Paul and Traci Wright to start a magazine focused on Asian adoptees. In a recent interview Traci says, "No, it wasn't a strategic plan -- I came home one day after looking at a magazine and said to Paul, "Its too bad there isn't a magazine out there for our kids. And he said, 'Well, let's do one ourselves then!' "
Fortunately, her husband Paul had the right skills to back up that bold statement, since he was as an experienced creative designer. So, after getting positive feedback from FCC groups, they started producing the magazine from their home. Traci recounts, "It totally wasn't a business decision-- it was a heartfelt decision." Click Mei magazine to see what this magazine -- created by a family for adoptive families -- offers. |
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