Travelling By Train & Bus : -
 
Railway tickets from Bangkok to Suratthani are not expensive and if you take the night train with a bed reservation in second class upwards, it's quite a relaxed way to travel. The train will take about 12-14 hours to get to Suratthani. Once in Suratthani, you'll be transferred to one of the ferry ports to sail to Samui. Usually your ticket will include the ferry. If you are in Bangkok you have to go to "Hua Lampong" Trainstation and by a ticket to : "Suratthani", you have multiple choices, I suggest a sleeper Fan or A/C and go over night, the Train station where you arrive is called "Punpin" which is a bit outside of the actual "city center" you will have to take a Bus in, there you will have to look out for a transfer to "Ko Samui"....I highly recommend "Samui tours" cheap and good service! There are lots of touts and so called "guides" which are ALL after your money ! They are CHEATS!!! Do NOT believe them do your bookings yourself! Otherwise you are VERY likely to pay much more then necessary! So take care! The Bus will run from Surrathani to the Ferrryport, then you have to leave the bus for the ferry, the ferry will go to Ko Samui on arrival make sure you are NOT too late otherwise you might miss the bus into Samui's capitol "Nathon" from here you might take the local Taxi service (Songtheow's) to: "Harry's Bungalows-Mae Nam-Wat Napralarn", which is approx. 12-13Km distance. There is an Esso Station on the right side of the road and further another 300 meters there will be some buildings and a small "supermarket" just next to a Temple Gate. Here you have to get off the Songtheow simply ringing the bell mounted above your head somewhere....... Or call 01-8943384 or 425447 for a pick up from Nathon. (NO pick up from the ferry port!!!!)

Busses leave usually in evening hours from Bangkok and around midday from Samui. There are VIP-liners available as well as cheaper aircon-busses. Tickets are around 500 Baht, which is less than the train fare. Busses offer the fastest surface travel and with the constant improvement of road conditions are getting safer than in the early days. It takes all in all approx. 15 hours to go from Samui to Bangkok, including ferry and transfers. Busses leave from and go to any city in Thailand. Leaving Samui towards the North, you'll always cross Bangkok - coming to the south, any connection will go via Suratthani. Please check the ferry section for further information about boats and ferries connecting the mainland to the island