Sala Keo Kou – Nong Kai Sculpture Park

Truely one of the more amazing parks I've been to. Many times i find statues boring after the 3rd or 4th one… like in Paris’s Luv – get me outta there! However, this guy (Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat) has quite the imagination and brings it to life in form – concrete form. On my visa trip to Laos, i spent the weekend in Nong Kai – a northeastern Thai/Laos border town – home of the Thai/Laos Friendship bridge – a common area to cross from one country to the other. Anyhow the park came highly recommended by the people at Mut Mee (one of the best hostels I've stayed at! great place, great food, great people!) – so I rented a bike and headed out to see what it was all about. Agreed, the best part about the place was this sculpture park – sculptures hundreds of feet in the sky, many towering over others, new ones in every direction, a mixture of many different countries and religious influences. Bunleua Sulilat and his band of followers, a community of over 100 men and women who lived on the grounds and gave their labor for free and created this masterpiece. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_Keoku
My conclusion – he is the salvador dali of thailand – and oh how i enjoy both of their work! Intriguing, fantastical, obnoxious, creative, and surreal.