Salt in small amounts is needed to maintain the body's health, about 2.5 g a day. The salt mine in Parajd produces around 600 tonnes of salt per day, enough to provide 240 million people with their dietary requirements. Parajd is a small industrial town about a one hour bus journey from Hargitafurdo; after 3 days skiing and a lot of falling a rest day sounded really appealing. The bus arrived and was filled by everyone who wanted a rest - not a seat spare. The heating on the coach was turned off after discovering that it pumped in exhaust fumes. Everyone sat with coats, hoping that the driver would refrain from using the air-horn (how useful can a horn on the inside of the coach be?) every time another vehicle appeared. Parajd was not a
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