R and I had a rare opportunity to travel outside of Islamabad on Saturday and visit the Khewra Salt Mine, courtesy of the embassy's Community Liaison Office. The "CLO" organizes a lot of trips, but they are so popular and there are so many people at the embassy that want to go, that they've set up a lottery system. It works out that an employee may be able to go on two CLO trips in a year (three if they are really lucky). We jumped at the chance to travel three hours south and visit the second largest salt mine in the world.
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| Reminds me of Wyoming! |
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| Through bulletproof glass - just walking along, leading a camel. |
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| Again, in a moving vehicle - I have no idea what these are. Perhaps for making charcoal? |
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| School children always make me smile. |
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| Selfie! But in my defense, they approached me first. :) |
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| There is a light behind this wall - the differing colors of the salt bricks are dependent on the content of various minerals. |
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| A mini-mosque, made of salt! |
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| So glittery! It looks like some nebula in the night sky to me. |
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| Okay, THIS one looks like the night sky. :) |
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| A salt seller. |
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| Probably preventing spitting, but it looks cute. Poor camel. |
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| Salt lamps! Trendy in the US (Himalayan Salt!), but pretty cheap here. |
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| There's a goat in that window! |
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| Fancy. |
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