Koh Samui Airport to Immigration via Big C — the full drive 🛂

The drive from Samui Airport to Samui Immigration in Maenam, going via Big C. Real time, no commentary. If you live on Koh Samui you'll do this run for visa extensions, 90-day reports and re-entry permits. Watch it once and you'll know exactly where everything is. 0:00 Leaving Samui Airport 2:16 Looks like a normal junction, but there's a fourth road hidden between the shops. You're on what looks like the main road, yet you still give way to the traffic coming out. Nobody can explain the rule — go slow and let them out. Foreigners usually get waved through 2:56 The turn into the airport. Samui Airport is open-air and stretches along the road in two parts — this is the arrivals side 4:54 A checkpoint, then the road cuts straight through the airport. You get a view of the whole runway from here — a great spot for plane spotting 7:36 Wat Bang Rak, the temple in Bangrak 12:01 The big crossroads. Nobody has right of way — everyone works it out between themselves. Worth watching this bit properly: people drive however they like and somehow it works 13:38 The International School of Samui (ISS). British curriculum, ages 3 to 18, over 300 pupils from more than 35 countries 14:50 Bandon International Hospital. 24-hour emergency and a dental clinic, generally cheaper than Bangkok Hospital 15:20 Turning onto the main road, heading for Big C 15:54 Big C. Laid out differently from Makro and stocking things Makro doesn't. Cheap household electronics, TVs and appliances, with good promotions if you catch them. Food court inside. They also have empty units for rent if you're thinking of starting something offline here — message me and I'll go and ask about the terms 17:01 Wattanapat Hospital. A newer private hospital with modern equipment, priced roughly in line with Bangkok Hospital. Own specialists on staff, and for certain fields doctors come over from Surat Thani 19:15 The roundabout for Fisherman's Village, Bophut and Maenam — we arrive from the Bophut side 27:20 Arriving at Samui Immigration. I ran into people I know within a minute, which happens every time — immigration is where you end up seeing half the island Two things worth knowing while you're here. At any private hospital, you don't have to buy the medication from them. Ask the doctor for the prescription and buy it at a pharmacy instead — that alone cuts the bill down a lot. And buy your fruit from the pickup trucks parked along the road. They're all over the island and the prices are fair. I live on Koh Samui and help with housing, cars, bikes, ferries, visa runs and airport transfers — WhatsApp: wa.me/66928535732 #KohSamui #Thailand #ThailandTravel #POVDrive #ExpatLife #KohSamuiGuide #SamuiImmigration