Tourist attraction
Overlap stone
Boulder balanced improbably atop another rock, reached by a hillside path with sweeping bay views.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Overlap Stone above Lamai Beach on Koh Samui follows the balancing boulder from its quiet local-secret days into its transformation into a paid photo attraction. You will hear how an entrance fee that once ran a few coins climbed year by year, and how a second viewpoint sprang up nearby with its own restaurant and shuttle bus. It touches on the geology that holds one rock atop another, and on what an island hillside becomes once outsiders discover it. Listen at the railing over Lamai Bay, where the view is free but almost everything else here no longer is.
This audio guide was created using AI.