Somewhere between Lahore and Islamabad, the Khewra Salt Mine is the second biggest salt mine on the planet and the wellspring of the particular pink Himalayan salt you'll discover on trendy person feasting tables over the world.
First found by Alexander the Great's steed in 326 BC (it halted to lick a few shakes here, evidently), the mine produces 325,000 tons of salt every year and is one of Pakistan's most well known vacation spots.
Guests come to see the smaller than usual structures and works of art cut from salt set in the enormous corridors of the mine. The simplicity of working with salt blocks has seen the making of various smaller than normal salt renditions of the world's most popular structures, including Badshahi Mosque, the Great Wall of China and Minar-e-Pakistan.
There's likewise 25ft-long salt scaffold displayed on the Islamic Pul-e-Sirat Bridge you should cross on Judgment Day, just as brackish water pools, dazzling salt precious stone developments and a completely working mail station - all made altogether from salt.
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