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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A beautiful sunset at Cappadocia]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Hot Air Ballooning in Serengeti]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Hot air balloons ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Centro Historico Mexico City]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Loire Valley]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Queenstown, New Zealand]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Hot air balloons over Egypt]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Discover India’s most colourful flower markets]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Cappadocia Hot Air Balloon Festival, Turkey]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A streamside picnic setup near the retreat]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Morning light over the valley near The Sen]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A bird spotted during a nature walk around The Sen]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The lounge at The Sen, with stone walls, glass, wood and forest views]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Sen-Suite, the largest of the four suites at the retreat]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ An outdoor candle-lit dining setup at The Sen]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A mezze platter served as part of The Sen’s dining programme]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The S-Suite rises above the pine-covered hillside at The Sen]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.outlooktraveller.com/News/brics-summit-2026-the-new-travel-rules-and-flight-routes-to-know</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Bharat Mandapam to host cultural events for the 18th BRICS Summit]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Inside Delhi Airport T3]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Travel between BRICS countries could get easier]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.outlooktraveller.com/News/indonesia-seeks-return-of-five-baby-orangutans-rescued-in-odisha</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Screengrab from a video received on September 10, 2026, showing one of five baby orangutans recently rescued from Balasore district playing with soft toys inside a quarantine enclosure at Nandankanan Zoological Park in Khordha district, Odisha]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The animals were rescued from the Bichitrapur forest area on September 8]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.outlooktraveller.com/News/stuck-in-darjeeling-traffic-a-kurseong-ropeway-could-change-the-journey</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The breathtakingly beautiful sunset in Kurseong]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The proposed Kurseong-Darjeeling ropeway could reduce a four-to-five-hour road journey to around 45 minutes]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Patua scroll in the making]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Goddess Durga painted in vibrant colours]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Goddess Durga, reimagined through Patachitra]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A vivid palette of Bengal’s folk tradition]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A fish-art patachitra painting]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A Patua artist bringing tradition to life through colour and brush]]></image:caption>
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