Koh Samui Hidden Gems that NO ONE Mentions (Best Island in Thailand)
this video is brought to you by Squarespace After being away from Koh Samui for 6 months we were desperately missing Island life so join us today as we show you the side of Samui we love the most and what an ideal day on the island looks like for us isn't it great to be back on the island yeah Samui is the best always the best these bungalows are so nice isn't it yeah I would stay here yeah wonder how much they are cuz they're always rented out but usually by foreigners so it's like how did they find such a good location yeah and they're building two more at the end we should ask it's a perfect location because you have food and coffee around here and the beach it's just right there hello everyone is here how are you good how are you beer breakfast Samui breakfast liquid breakfast uh you you want that you want to start with that uh that might be too heavy for me for breakfast it's so much bigger it used to stop here yeah it was just this this square here before oh 8000 that's such a good price one bedroom one bath and kitchen there's a kitchen outside wow don't have to worry because our Crocs are now waterproof you mean our shoes are now waterproof because they are Crocs yeah they're so cute I wasn't sure about getting Crocs I was like oh I like that it's waterproof and it's durable and it's going to be good for camping but I couldn't accept the look of it but you couldn't commit no and when I went to a shop and I asked them uh what kind of outfits go well with Crocs I asked the sales they're like you just need confidence so it took me some time to develop the confidence but now I love them they're so fun I have all the little uh what do you call those things again Jibbitz Jibbitz that I like and it does kind of go with anything once you don't care I'm so happy we made it here to Samui because our initial plan Samui wasn't even on the list no we're like oh we made so many videos here we she didn't know film in Samui again but as we were driving we're like okay we're going to drive north some is like right there just a ferry away yeah just have to turn right yeah so we decided to oh as well spend a week here and I think it was the best decision we ever made cuz there's something about this island that brings us so much joy eating all the food that we we love and just going to all the beaches and everything everything this is like a true holiday yeah and Rocket loves it here Rocket is an island car what is this that's a very big glass White Rabbit oh oh okay you have to clear your palettes first wow wow so fancy wow this is um different from all our other experiences here it's no longer very chill it's a it's a very fun place half half okay half half it's actually really delicious it doesn't it doesn't taste like doesn't taste strong like what I was expecting oh it's actually really yummy is it like a top shelf vodka I usually don't drink alcohol but it's impolite in Thailand if someone offer you something and you don't take it so I have to take it ioh it's sweet wow very nice more no no no no oh he offered yeah he offered he offered we have to take it okay [Laughter] thank wow my belly is warm now now I'm ready for this pad grapow look at that isn't that amazing looking pad grapow that looks so good and look at the fried egg on top it's perfect but yours looks really really good I don't think you've ordered this here before no that's uh garlic Pork I'm actually really happy for the owner of the coffee shop here and his family as well because he has adapted his coffee shop to him you know there's so much of his character in the coffee shop now than when we first came here before it's was just like a small shop selling coffee but now he has like a wine bar like a music section like a proper chilling place where friends come and gather he's doing well and I hope it also brings like more business to family's restaurant as well cuz it's so good yeah so if you're in Samui make sure to drop by at Aquabica you will not be disappointed so one thing that is in our ideal day here on the island is definitely to go for a massage so the place that we're going to is called Luxe and we go there quite often I would say once or twice a week every time we come to Samui it's a small place it's run by a really nice lady and her family and they have a couple masseuses that uh work here as well but it's not a big place not able to accommodate a huge group of tourists or anything like that and that's kind of the reason why we love it so much and it's also cheaper than others in the touristy areas yeah I say this is the price that we usually look for when we go for a massage and we'll show you guys what we mean because we are here ready so let's go inside so their normal massages are like Thai relax is only 300 Baht per hour and even a better deal if you do 90 minutes that's pretty cheap for the island it is cuz if you go towards like Bophut area I think it is definitely more like 500-600 or something what are you going to go for this one is Siam wood this is my favorite I always get this one romance lavender I'm going to go for romance cuz that's my mood today oh fancy you ready [Music] okay hey huh good night good night see you in an hour only an hour yeah just an hour today okay real quick once again thank you to Squarespace for continuing to support our channel and for making it super easy for anyone to build a professional looking website they have a built-in drag and drop editor making it very simple for you to design your page exactly the way you want it you can browse through hundreds of award-winning templates to find one that suits your style and purpose there are also many tools to help you set up your online shop schedule appointments even design and sell your online course using Squarespace just head over to squarespace.com for a free trial and when you're ready to launch go to squarespace.com/floraandnote to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain now let's get back to the video so if you have been following us for a while then you would know that we used to have a house here in Koh Samui that we rent long term but because we've been away for almost half a year mhm we gave that house back to the landlord so coming here this time we actually rented this place which is called CocoSea Bang Po Bungalows and we got this beach front unit here and we paid only 1900 Baht per night which is like $54 USD a night but it's beach front as you can hear the waves coming in and it's really cute it's a family run place yeah uh very kind lady there's a funny story how we met her the first time off yeah so we've been driving past this resort many times but never had the chance to stop by and see how beautiful this is until one day Rocket broke down right in front of the resort and the lady was so kind and she let us borrow her bike to get help that's when we got to see how beautiful this place is so when we were coming back here we right away thought of this place and yeah there's only like six is it like six units or I think six units and they live in one of them and we've actually been walking just on the beach to go to restaurants and coffee shops well when the tide is of course not high so hopefully when the tide goes down a little bit then we can walk to one of our favorite seafood restaurants just down here and we'll take you with us so Bang Po area is not well known among tourists but it is one of the most beautiful area on the island it has a long stretch of white sand beach it's getting more developed now you see many different kind of restaurants opening up and there's a 711 just 5 minutes walk from here but it's not developed in the sense where there's like huge hotel chains or anything but there are some nice Villas around this area so if you were looking for kind of a more relaxed laidback untouched part of the beach for your vacation here in uh Koh Samui and I think Bang Po is a really really good choice and it's kind of where we always like to stay around this area or around Maenam yeah she just finished cleaning our room so it is the perfect time to give you a room tour as you can see it's not a very big room but it's very comfortable we have a beautiful queen size or king-sized bed yeah um and also a working table here a TV um AC as well even though you get the breeze coming in but you probably would want to close the door so they have AC our favorite spot is right here almost every night we just sit here and we enjoy the view inside there is the washroom so a shower a toilet um very spacious really clean there's hot water it's a really really nice place I'm glad we stayed here we might stay here again next time we're in town hi what's your name you like that don't you wow are you ready for a seafood feast I am I hope they have crab today that would be very yummy let's try the to walk along the beach see if we can uh get there from here the water seem high though babe I think we can go from here we have Crocs yeah okay I wish we were sponsored by Crocs cuz we mentioned them a few times already today [Music] oh refreshing I'm regretting this now we should have taken the road oh my goodness we got to be quick we got to be quick does this feel like a vacation to you it does like I mean we travel a lot but a lot of the time we travel and we work at the same time and some places where we travel to is not very comfortable you know what I mean it's like we travel to get new experiences but it's not like a relaxed chill kind of environment this does feel like a vacation oh completely naked completely naked okay we keep [Laughter] walking was he on camera no I didn't get him right no I just saw a lot of ass we're here just on your left usually you are able to sit on the beach they would set bunch of tables here but not today we are now at our favorite seafood restaurant here in Bang Por it is called Bang Por Seafood very straightforward this is one of the most affordable seafood restaurants on the island and our favorite dish is crab blue swimmer crabs okay four grilled squid [Music] how about tom yum is that too much no it's not too much wow wow I have been waiting all day for this this is a good size crab she said it's four of them a kilo oh yeah yeah these are Big I'll take this one okay I will take this one oh that one is even bigger oh my goodness yeah wow look at the claws bigger damn it even without the sauce mhm oh but their sauce is so yummy though wow look at this this piece is all meat oh my goodness this is the very spicy seafood sauce but it's so delicious Mmm that's so good that is so delicious I can't eat seafood without seafood sauce Thai seafood sauce anymore it just makes everything so good and the best part about the place is it's so chill like I can sit like this I can sit like this my feet is in the sand and nobody cares that's what the island life is like you know [Music] yeah now the moment of truth the bill yeah what do you think it's going to be 2,000 Baht I think it's going to be less than 2,000 really mhm way off why how much 1270 Baht no way that's incredibly cheap a kilo of crab full crab 700 Baht and the rest are like 150 150 170 and coconut is 50 each you go elsewhere it would be at least 80 or 90 wow that's a even better deal than Malaysia and Vietnam yeah yeah this is yeah and they're all fresh straight off the ocean one of the best meals we had here in Thailand so this just proves that there is a lot of affordable food options on Samui and if you're looking for more inspiration for affordable places to eat on the island I did put together a food guide it is FREE it is on a website called Thatch so we will put the link in our description and we have I think over 10 to 15 local restaurants with meals under a 100 Baht that we really enjoy on this island as always thank you so much for spending the day with us here on Koh Samui and next week we'll be taking Rocket back on the road back to the mainland and start heading north and exploring more places in Thailand have a wonderflo day and we will see you in the next one bye
2023-12-27 11:53
