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Buddha Park (Wat Xieng Khuan)

25 Km SE from Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos

Featured Review : Sala Xieng Khuan The rather odd place is also known as the Spirit City Temple or Buddha Park and is like nothing I have ever seen before. It is about a forty minute drive out of Vientiane and 25km south the last part of ...See Full Review

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What an amazingly weird and wonderful park!

  • 5 out of 5 stars by catsholiday from ashbourne, United Kingdom
  • April 23, 2012
What an amazingly weird and wonderful park!
Quote: Sala Xieng Khuan The rather odd place is also known as the Spirit City Temple or Buddha Park and is like nothing I have ever seen before. It is about a forty minute drive out of Vientiane and 25km south the last part of the journey is along a bit of... Read the full Buddha Park (Wat Xieng Khuan) review

From journal Visiting Vientiane

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Xiang Khouan (Buddha Park)

  • 5 out of 5 stars by SeenThat from Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • August 8, 2007
Quote: The Buddha Park in Vientiane provides an unusual opportunity for seeing the deep cultural connections between the people living on both sides of the Mekong River despite the huge – wider than the river – political gap.Reaching the ParkThe BuddhaPark... Read the full Buddha Park (Wat Xieng Khuan) review

From journal Vientiane: Bits and Bites

Buddha Park

  • 5 out of 5 stars by travlinroch from San Diego, California
  • November 19, 2005
Buddha Park
Quote: What an amazing photo opportunity one has at Buddha Park. Thought we would be going for a quick one-hour stop... but noooo... we spent hours (and many rolls of film) wandering this tiny wonder.

From journal Laos

Buddha Park

  • 3 out of 5 stars by Heather F from Heywood, Victoria, Australia
  • February 20, 2001
Quote: Wat Xieng Khuan, also called the Spirit City Temple or Buddha Park by the locals, is not a true wat since there are no monks in residence. Rather it is a bizarre collection of Buddhist and Hindu sculptures next to the Mekong River. The park was... Read the full Buddha Park (Wat Xieng Khuan) review

From journal Laos Highlights