The airport at Koh Samui reminded us a little of Center Camp. But it was lacking in dirty hippies and came equipped with free coffee and cookies and water. Thailand was signaling to us, “Hey tourist, thanks for spending money in our country. Have a cookie.” They even had a Disneyfied open air street with shops selling upscale clothing.
This is the first completely tourism-run airport we’ve been through. We were able to check our bags all the way though to NY (even though it was a different airline). We were also able to go through exit immigration for Thailand even though we had a layover in Bangkok. So that eased the pain with 30 hours of travel.
