Sala Kaew Ku

Bizarre concrete statues synthesizing Hindu and Buddhist ideologies dot the Sala Kaew Ku park.

June 21st 2015
The train chugs as it arrives at the station, the final stop after traversing the northeastern railway for almost 11 hours overnight. I quickly alight the train, a purple second-class sleeper, and make my way to the information desk. I am now in Nong Khai, a sleepy riverside town in northeastern Thailand more famous as an entry point to Laos than as a charming destination in its own right. But I h ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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Jay Exiomo

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Although he lived much of his toddler years abroad in the US and spent his early childhood roaming around the Philippines with his parents, Jay didn't really catch the travel bug until much later in 2006, when he was dragged to a microfinance conference in Thailand. He considers it his first true taste of travel, with his childhood already but a vague, distant memory. Something about being in a foreign place stirred his wanderlust, and his feet have constantly itched since. After graduating with a degree in Multimedia Arts, Jay worked as a news writer, then as a high school teacher. Presently,... full info

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1st October 2015

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Sweet stillness
How lovely to linger in a languid land! The food looks yummy, the guesthouse gorgeous and how considerate that the tut-tut driver has images of tourist sites. Great idea to have a temple complex showing the stages of a person's life, but this is a pretty bizarre statue--maybe under every nightmare, there's a sweet dream? Looking forward to Laos with you.

2nd October 2015

JayExiomo
Jay Exiomo

Thanks!
Yeah, the whole park gives off a bizarre vibe, actually. But it's really peaceful and it just draws you in and you can spend a few hours just relishing the calmness of the place. Thanks! I really had fun in this trip. :)

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