The airport in Ko Samui is actually very basic, but looks really nice. We got taxied from the plane to the “terminal”.

   
   
At the terminal, we spent a good amount of time trying to decide whether to take the speed boat or not to the full moon party (Ko Phangan) since a lot of websites were saying not too (but the advantage is that the times for getting and leaving Phangan were more flexible with the speed boat). We ended up leaving the airport without booking, but we finally decided at the hotel we were gonna do the speed boat (despite the safety concern). To leave the airport, we had to take a private taxi, which cost 300 baht.

   
   
When we got to our hotel, Lanna, they had a mix up with the type of room we wanted, which gave us time to settle on how we were getting to Phangan. And after settling in, we ate lunch/dinner at the hotel, and rested before the big night.