Every year as the moon is waxing in the 11th month a strange spectacle appears to the people of Nong Khai; strange ‘naga fireballs’ rise from the river and shoot into the sky, sometimes tens and somet...
Located 3 km from Nong Khai the amazing Sala Kaew Ku Sculpture Park is one of the town’s principle attractions. Built around 1978 the park contains many surreal sculptures of figures from Buddhist and...
A royal temple, Luangpho Phra Sai, a sacred Buddha image of the town is housed here. This gold Buddha image sits cross-legged in the posture of ‘subduing Mara’. According to legend, three daughters of...
