While my parents wandered into nearby Fisherman’s Village, and had clothes made, Paul and I were content to chill by the pool or on the beach most of the time. 
One day, we did a brief tour around the island, and though our driver didn’t really speak English, we saw a few interesting sights, like the Big Buddha and a mummified monk. For some reason, the stray dogs at the Big Buddha had makeup on.
Once my parents left 🙁 we moved to the east coast of Samui, to a town called Lamai.
There, I had the loathsome chore of doing taxes.
It’s also where we celebrated St. Paddy’s Day. We were really excited when we found an Irish pub there. Pros: they had Guinness and live music. Cons: the Guinness was expensive and not very good. The live music was an English guy dressed as Elvis singing Bob Marley. Not exactly the typical Irish band one would expect. 
To finish up our stay on the island, we used vouchers for two free weekend nights at the Conrad. We have financed a major portion of this trip with credit card points and frequent flier miles. By far, the best use of credit card hotel points was using Hilton vouchers to stay at the Conrad Koh Samui for free. This insanely luxurious resort rests on a hill on the southwestern tip of Samui. We had a private villa with infinity pool overlooking the lovely aquamarine sea.
Golf carts, at our beck and call, shuttled us around the resort. We were treated like royalty even though we were using free vouchers. It was incredible, and we absolutely didn’t deserve to be there.
We loved every second of it and took advantage of all they had on offer, including free snorkeling at nearby mushroom island, sunrise tai chi on the beach, and complimentary Muay Thai boxing classes.
The Conrad Koh Samui is undoubtedly the nicest place we have ever stayed or likely will ever stay. The staff went out of their way to accommodate us in every aspect. We thought they’d literally have to push us out of the resort, but we grudgingly left on our own after requesting a late checkout.
