This place would be freaky if you were on acid..........which I WASNT.

This is Xieng Khuan (otherwise known as Buddha park) and it's about an hour outside of Vientiane. It was built in 1958 by Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat who merged Hindu and Buddhist myths and iconography into the trippy theme-park you see here. The big pumpkin-shaped thing you can see in the background of one photo has three levels inside joined by spiral stairways that are supposed to represent hell, earth and heaven. You enter through the mouth and work your way up. I was in there on my own and dont mind admitting it was a bit spooky. Everything looked like it was about to come to life in a stop-motion Clash of the Titans kind of way. The view shown is taken on top of the pumpkin. Some people are weird and/or deluded, but some people are weird and/or deluded and make bizarre places like this that others can enjoy. Nice.