Butterfly - Learning from Nature

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Slow travel brings you closer to nature and its rhythm, not necessarily it is always spectacular sceneries, but humble actions that are filled with stories and learning.  




You become a child filled with curiosity to know how nature works. Who does not like butterflies? Their spectacular colours and patterns bind our eyes. 





However, butterflies have interesting food chain stories. You find them in a cluster extracting salt from the floor while in a jungle track. 

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