The robot then draws out your portrait in a patch of sand, which you can watch live on YouTube and visitors can watch in person at the museum.

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In a diminutive state seemingly so tightly packed with beachfront development, it is astoundingly easy to escape the tourist crowds and find your own patch of sand-based paradise.

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Between his hut and a sign reading 'Please stay off the beach between 3pm and 7am' is a patch of sand containing around 80 numbered wooden markers.

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