To make things a little more interesting, the weather was fast deteriorating. Taxis seemed non-existent here, so for the next four hours I walked up and down rural lanes flanked with high hedges, beside highways and past grocery shops, barbers and massage parlours. Getting from Bang Saen to the Hell Garden was not as easy as I had imagined. I thanked him and hopped off the bus – into a bustling street of Chinese markets. “This Bang Saen!” he suddenly declared, then, pointing off to the right, “Saen Suk!” He hadn’t heard of the Hell Garden (and my graphic mimery wasn’t helping), but I only had to get to Saen Suk and look for the palace, or “Wang”. Every few minutes I’d ask him where we were, terrified of missing my stop. One-by-one the other passengers got off, until I was alone with the driver.
The journey took us just short of two hours, escaping the horrific Bangkok traffic to leapfrog the beach resorts which lie scattered along the coast east. Sure enough, by 9am I was wedged into the back of an old bus between a couple of elderly Thai women, with a breakfast of noodles and a syrupy iced coffee. Getting back worried me more, but I decided to think about that later. From there I guessed I’d taxi it to the Hell Garden. Regular coaches run from the capital to the infamous sex-tourism hotspot of Pattaya, and they would all be passing Chon Buri on the way. Getting there seemed to be a relatively simple affair. I didn’t have much in the way of a plan I simply woke up early one day and headed down towards Bangkok’s hectic bus station beside Victory Monument. The village of Saen Suk is located close to Chon Buri – around 100km southeast of Bangkok – and while its pleasant beaches do attract their fair share of domestic tourism, the majority of foreigners pass this spot by in favour of nearby Pattaya or the spectacular islands to the south. After a little digging around I managed to find an address for Wang Saen Suk, apparently located at Sai 2, Soi 19, Saen Suk. When I finally got to Thailand for myself, it was right up there on my ‘to-do’ list. I first came across photos from the Wang Saen Suk Hell Garden a couple of years ago, after they had appeared in The Fortean Times. Curious to learn more, I set out in search of Hell.
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Built adjacent to a local temple, the Wang Saen Suk Hell Garden – as it is correctly named – brings to life Buddhist teachings about the torments of the underworld, in a series of increasingly gruesome scenes. Hell Architect is a title inspired by games such as Dungeon Keeper, Oxygen Not Included and Prison Architect but does everything in its own, hellish style.Hidden away down an overgrown road, in a village not far from Bangkok, there lies a curious museum known to many as the ‘Thailand Hell Horror Park’.
You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.Ĭreate a hell of your dreams - will it have the infamous 9 levels, or will you create your own chaos, the way you see fit? Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. Hell Architect: Prologue is available here
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