Wat Khaek is situated in the town Nong Khai on the Thailand-Laos border. Wat Khaek is a fantastic Disneyland of bizarre and spectacular statues on a large open compound: Beak-nosed Buddhas, nightmarish nagas, eight armed Kalis, dogs wielding dinner forks and machine guns. All reflects the eclectic philosophy of a Brahmin shaman called Luang Pu. He studied in Vietnam and than moved to Laos where -driven by communism- he crossed the Mekong rover to Nong Khai.