An outstandingly beautiful beach, where waves crash against huge granite rocks and the compact beach is popular with expats. The only damper on the whole scene is an unexplainable and inescapable parking fee up on the main road, the first at any beach on Phuket.
Phuket, formerly known as Thalang and in Western sources, Junk Ceylon (a corruption of the Malay Tanjung Salang, "Cape Salang"), is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.