welcome back to koh samui and welcome to the tippity top of overlap stone it is a
geographical marvel and an instagram spot here on koh samui in southern thailand and today i'm going
to take you for a drive up here we're going to explore what it's like i'll tell you how much it
costs how to get up here sorry i'm distracted because i've got a delicious pineapple slice
enjoy the video my name is paddy doyle and that behind me is the little beautiful dreamy
i recently quit my job as a teacher to travel all of the 77 provinces of thailand
and we were having the time of our lives we spent three months in the
south visiting 18 of the incredibly beautiful provinces down there
however covert came back and so for safety reasons i came back to koh samui to see out
the worst of it and to highlight more of this incredibly beautiful island
so welcome to samurai sidequest where we're going to be highlighting all of the local businesses on
the island and all of the best experiences this place has to offer it's unbelievable
really is fantastic little temple incredible place
so subscribe and join us on today's samui side quests let's go
okay first things first let's get some supplies so we can have a little bit of lunch and a beverage
energy energy gatorade classic they used to have vegan had kapow buns
but this one's run out it looks like which is a shame because they're so good i did
the tasting on my instagram because i was that impressed by how good they are
but alas
let's get a i don't want to get a meat one today i'm just kind of feeling having a meat-free day
but there we are yeah let's get pineapple pie that'll do
okay gatorade pineapple pie we're good to go bye
so i think the turning's up here on the right and i just want to show you if it's steep or not
because uh i know that puts a lot of people off going to these types of
places i think this is returning i don't see a sign but i'm pretty sure this is it
i'm not on my professional lavalier mic so apologies if the sound isn't as good
but my gopro adapter's broken and i'm currently waiting for a new one to arrive
so i'm just shouting at the gopro hoping you can hear me
so the first thing we come through is a little bit of a uh neighborhood
and this turning is just past le my beach and again
all of the google map links are in the description don't worry oh here we are here's our first sign
it says 700 meters to overlap
as you can see that blood red writing
help me go a little bit 700 meters not far
a little bit steep there
up we go up we go
come on dreamy
come on
come on baby
come on
that wasn't too bad was it but look a giant sign danger stop motorbike hello i think i'm gonna
have to pay this dude a little bit of money oh my god i can see the view okay this is gonna be good
we picked a good day for this i'll tell you that this is basically because the road is so steep
they're saying park here for 40 baht and then you can walk the rest
and then you can get free water as well okay i don't mind that thank you
thank you
yeah from chiang mai
yeah sunglasses on calf muscles engaged as we go up this steep hill
and as you can see today look at the weather blue skies all of the trees look extra green on a day
like today and the sea all of the have a look at that all of the turquoise and the coral reefs
and the shadows from the uh clouds above you just don't get that normally on overcast days we've
had about four days of rain woke up this morning boom look at this absolutely incredible so it said
about 300 or 400 meters was it i can't remember i mean there's a little rock right here now
but i don't think that's the proper one so it's called overlap stone and uh it's a pretty i think
it's quite a popular place especially pre-covered a lot of people would come here and do instagrams
and i've seen plenty of pictures and it looks amazing i don't know why i never come here
i always try to find the non-instagram spots but in my experience especially
in places like sri lanka and india when you do go to these famous instagram spots
normally they're overrun with people obviously taking instagrams and you always say to yourself
oh man this place is beautiful i just wish there wasn't so many people here
and the good thing one of the very few good things about kovid is you can go to these instagram spots
without the crowds because there are none so i'm hoping overlap stone is going to be
practically
instagram people free i can't speak because i'm walking up a crazy incline you see
like almost here already just that one sharp bend and then you'll get to this
light post thing look at that red arrow and there's a sign here the sign's a little bit
worn out i hope they're open but i'm sure that that guy wouldn't
have charged me 40 bar if he knew it was closed but you never know
oh look this banana plant is in bloom
check the snakes so here nice banana plant this is the banana tree flower
and this will open up eventually and there's the fruit some little green bananas
not quite ready worth getting there and here's the path up i just imagine normally
probably motorbikes parked everywhere noisy tuk-tuks song tales lots of tourists
and god knows how many drones flying around people queuing to take a picture at the place
and just a bit of a hassle
and listen
beautiful and i've just seen a little statue in this bush can you see that
you've got a little leaf on your way i'm just going to clear you up
interesting kosumi is amazing isn't it look at that
all the spiky trees and the cool curling vines that go around and crawl around and circle things
beautiful red flowers and bloom you've got the bananas
and uh we'll follow this path around the corner here i don't think it'll be far oh
i just stood on a rotten fruit what is this
it smells bad smells like rotten fruit obviously there's lots of what are these
figs oh it's this tree above me obviously any ideas what that is let's stand up one
oh no i don't know what that is guys
it just seems to be quite a clear path i mean look they've even concreted this part
very easy to find very easy to follow a couple of mosquitoes knocking about so bring some spray
and yeah lovely and now i think we're getting towards it now because you can see
a little house or a little settlement maybe they're gonna charge us i think i think there's
a small charge you know if it is an instagram spot i love these i love these like these these
are the best man like green on one side and red on the other really cool like i was saying
if it is an instagram spot they are going to be charging aren't they i wonder who owns it how do
you how do you i think you probably buy the land obviously and i can see a little glimpse of it
let me just put my mask on because i'm gonna go near someone pass it back hub
here we go look two plastic chairs and here's the bridge that i've seen on instagram
and that is pretty impressive and the view is incredible well let's soak that up in
a minute let's just catch our breath what does it say do not touch the bridge railings
okay that's probably because they're really knackered it looks like they're not
the concrete that they were setting has come off proper dodgy i just love this pink little blossom
oh look can you see this one's white and then the tips are purple and then some of them can't
decide if they want to be pink or white that's beautiful okay then shall we uh shall we do it
so far i'm not dead
we made it across you can see the
the concrete beams um they're still quite strong but the the banisters have completely kind of
collapsed probably through erosion or time or whatever obviously be careful here look straight
down you're dead so don't mess about here keep keep me wits about you the rock itself is very
stubbly
couldn't think of a word there you know just have a look it's very um
who cares it's rock it's rocky makes you wonder like how did it get here
probably through erosion or potentially it fell down from a higher mountain but i'm looking that
doesn't seem to be above these coconut trees much rocks or anything so i'm a little bit bemused
and then there is a bit of a worn path you can see we'll go around the corner here
and it's not very big this is this is it this is the final part of the rock and um you can
hold on here put your left foot firmly there and obviously be careful that is a drop that will
end your life so don't mess about i mean and then just enjoy that view look at
the water today it's so flat and calm and you can see reflections of the dark clouds
interrupting that turquoise bay or that actually just might be coral
and rocks i'm not sure you've got the white sands and the fishing boats coming in
and then out in the distance where you see that landmass and tall mountains and a lot more clouds
that's nakhon see tamara and kanam area we went there many months ago now a couple of
months ago when we were doing the provinces it's not sarathani province you can see that's nakhon
see tamara and then on this side let me just make sure i'm not going to fall
you can see finished and unfinished pool villas or houses that are building here
with this incredible view and they won't be cheap some of them seem to be finished and some of them
don't seem to be finished i'm kind of in two minds if i won the lottery to be honest
because i've been looking around at koh samui and all of the incredible multi-million dollar
mansions the houses that i dream of moving into in the future you know everybody wants to dream
i i'm in one mind because one part of me is like yeah if i could afford it i'd buy it and
then the other half of them is like i would have to drive up a mountain like this every day just
to get home or to go down to the shops you go down like this i don't know if i'd i'd probably have to
get a nice bike or a good car wouldn't i anyway should we get our snacks out and enjoy the view
incredibly beautiful
you shine like gold so selfless
always hungry for more that's just how i was born take me somewhere
i don't know and give me your freedom
you love me
the limit of love is endless i know just do what you want with me
yeah i want it all could careless the cost
always hungry for more that's just how i was born take me somewhere
i don't know give me your freedom
you love me two pieces yeah i need it is