When I visited Phuket a few years ago, I found a tiny, secluded beach between Kata Beach and the famous sunset viewpoint at Promthep Cape. So today's main task was to find that beach again.
But, as it turned out, it wasn't too hard to find this time. We drove our motorcycle down a red dirt road for about a kilometer from the main road, parked it, and continued on foot for another kilometer down a steep, winding, deeply rutted trail.
Even though the hike back up the mountain to our motorcycle was a killer and the fact that each person is charged 250 baht to enter the beach, it was all worth it. The small beach (which I found out is called Nui Beach) was as beautiful and secluded as I remembered. Piyawat spent about 5 hours there, relaxing on plastic beach chairs under a big umbrella.
As the sun began to go down, we climbed back up to our motorcyle and headed to the Promthep Cape to watch the final 20 minutes of the sunset along with a huge crowd of tourists and Thai locals. We were exhausted from the motorcycle riding and the steep hike at Nui Beach, and so we very much enjoyed sitting on top of the cliffs and watching the sun slowly set, casting a long orange reflection over the water.
