Samui Domestic Departures

Unwinding our experience arriving in Koh Samui, our driver from the Conrad drove us the very long hour back to the same airport in the same Fortuner.



The airport is completely open air, which is certainly appropriate for the weather.



Since we’re in economy for this short flight, it’s all about printing our own boarding passes and then joining the queue to check in.




The queue for checking bags after printing a boarding pass at the kiosk was significantly shorter than the full-service check-in line. I don’t know why anybody would use the latter.

A few minutes of waiting later, it was off for the long walk to the boarding gates.



Bangkok Airways owns and operates the facility, which sees only a few flights from other airlines. It certainly doesn’t see flights from Thai Airways any more. 🤬




We walked, and walked, and walked some more.







We finally happened upon a shopping mall that reminded us a bit of Disneyland…




Finally, we got to the security checkpoint, where everybody was nice and the line was almost nonexistent. Through to the domestic gates, all three of which consist of a small hut with seating.




The gate had a “courtesy corner” with some snacks and beverages.



Every gate at this airport is a bus gate.



After a half hour or so of waiting around with some visitors, it was almost time to board.