เจดีย์​ศรีสุคตคีรี (เจดีย์เขาหัวจุก)

About this audio guide

This guide to the hilltop pagoda known locally as Khao Hua Chuk, above Bo Put on Koh Samui, follows an ordinary climb up its long stairway on a hot afternoon. It lingers on the small rituals waiting at the top: a replica of the Buddha's footprint kept inside the chedi, the twenty-baht entry box, and the monks who greet arriving visitors at the gate. It also touches the view from the railing, over Chaweng Lake to the airport runway beyond. Go at dusk if you want the stupa to catch the last light along with the planes.