The Weekend in Nong Khai Province, Thailand

January, 26th 2019

Speding our weekend in Nong Khai, Thailand

          The last trip i got in the last week in Thailand is when  we, seateacher students visited nongkhai province for looking some interesting places. They are Sala Kaew Ku or people usually call it Wat Khaek, followed by visiting Thasadet Market near with the first Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. At that time, as usually all of seateacher students were asked to wait for the bus near with ATM mechine in UDRU at 8 AM.

The  ambience as visiting Nong Khai Province

         The first place we visited was Sala Kaew Ku or Wat Khaek in which we could discover many sculptures of buddha ant his subordinates there. It took approximately an hour to get the place.  Having arrived at that place, we as usuall took picture together in front of the gate.For the price of the ticket, i didn’t know since the ticket had been bought by UDRU for us. Entering the destination, i saw alot of sculptures. No wonder that place is yelled as Sala Kaew Ku which means a place that has many sculpture. Those buildings were created by Boun Leua Sulilat who was a Lao man spending his whole life by learning the mystical knowledge from an ascetic hermit named kaew Ku, living in a gave in Laos. But unfortunately when Laos succumed to communist rule in the 1970s, he had to abondan that place. The most attractive sculpture i saw was a man sitting on a snake having seven heads.

A man sitting on a snake with seven heads

           I was not sure the number of the sculptures we can find there. But there were big ones and small ones. Walking around the building, i also met with munks always wearing orange outfit. They were so nice.

Here are the pictures of mine as I was in Sala Kaew Ku:

Buddha sculpture having five pairs of arms

The view near the entrance

       The second spot we visited by bus was Thasadet Market.  Exploring Thasadet Market taking about 15 minutes from Wat Kaek, we could discover alot of handicrufts, clothes, throusers, woven products, and some kinds of foods too. This market is very near with Mekong river a border between Thai and Laos Country.

         For thai people, they could visit Loas by accrosing Mekong river without showing the passport. They just need to show the citizenship as Thai people.At that market i bought some clothes for me, my young sister and young brother. Then, we went to the restaurant near with Mekong river. There were many kinds of food, but to be honest i was very afraid while eating since there was perhaps pork ingredient in those foods.

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