“Xieng Khuan (Spirit City), 25 kilometers from Vientiane, Laos, near the Thai-Lao border, on the banks of the Mekong. 200 Hindu and Buddhist statues. Giant fantastic sculptures of Humans, Gods, Animals, Demons, and an enormous 120 meters long reclining Buddha. There are made of concrete but no doubt, they are still alive. Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat, a thai-lao mystic, is the creator of Xieng Khuan that faces Sala Keoku, the other park created by the artist, on the thai side, near Nong-Khai, Thailand. Travel the karmic wheel of life. Enter in the darkness of a sphere through the 3 meters tall mouth of a demon’s head and now, cross the three levels : Hell, Earth, and Heaven.”

Romain Noir - Thailand, Chiang Mai, 2014