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In this day and age, art moves – literally and figuratively – with the help of technology.

Stepping off the grid is easy for travellers to this Central American country, where a life less structured, filled with untouched natural charm and surrounded by beauty comes, well, naturally. Charlene Fang spent a month embracing what Costa Ricans call living la pura vida – the pure life.

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It was a journey of Discovery for this journalistic explorer who landed on what appeared to be Mars – somewhere in Utah, USA.

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