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Bhutanese kids playing with a wooden board in an open field, non 'snow-boarding' down a grassy glade on a wooden plank. This is how youth is spent in the inner valleys of central Bhutan, around Phobjikha - long days of clean fun days in the sun! Children play outdoors in Bhutan. The innocence of youth! They have created a simple wooden board that helps them slide down a grassy slope, using it as a simple skate or snow board, depending upon the season! Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the north by China and to the south, east and west by India. To the west, it is separated from Nepal by the Indian state of Sikkim, while further south it is separated from Bangladesh by the Indian sta