Sala Kaew Ku, also known as Wat Khaek is NongKhai’s most noticeable attraction. SalaKeoku is a park with large concrete sculptures such as Buddha and Hindu statues, as well as depictions of the mythological Naga snake, humans and several animals. A sculpting called “The Wheel of Life” symbolizes the Buddhist belief of the cycle of birth, death and rebirth on the way to reaching enlightenment and ending the cycle. The park was build in the late 1970’s by Luang Pu Bounleua Sulilat, a Laos national who had moved to Thailand. A similar park named Xieng Khuan Buddha Park can be found on the other side of the Mekong river in Laos.