And doing this, of course, would divert large amounts of through traffic to other roads in the area, many of them small roads passing through villages.

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In theory, that gave the state the means to decode traffic passing through the Internet or between branches of the same business.

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Tea houses, porters, guides and craftsmen nestled in these villages have had a long history of supporting trekkers on their way to Thorong La pass and their livelihood depends on the passing foot-traffic.

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We were kept amused with a carving of a direwolf ice sculpture, as well as a concert performance of music from the television series: Jason Yang, who received over four million YouTube views of his one-man, thirteen-violin version of the theme song, led a nine-piece orchestra, who performed admirably despite the cold and passing traffic.

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