Koh Samui is the island most people imagine when they think of a tropical holiday in Thailand: palm-lined beaches, warm water and a ring road you can drive around in a couple of hours. But under the resort gloss there's still an island of coconut farmers, fishermen, monks and families who have lived here for generations.
These twenty routes are a mix of the famous and the overlooked. Some take an hour, some a whole day, a few take you off Samui altogether to the islands around it. Use them as ideas, mix them up, and leave time for the best Samui activity of all: doing nothing in the shade.
