Today, I'd like to continue with my scenic tour of Koh Samui, an island belonging to Thailand that puts paradise on the cusp of reality.

I have some footage I made with my drone of the sunset and sunrise here at Samui! I hope you all like it!

Even though the island has been well documented throughout history, it's really only been a tourist hot spot in the last 20 years or so.

Today, it still retains the once idyllic and natural atmosphere which gives it a distinct flavor contrasting with that of it's metropolitan counterparts. For finding a nice quiet place to relax by a tranquil sea, there simply is no better choice than Samui.

The W Retreat Koh Samui is located in a relatively remote location, north of the island. It's design mantra is to build a futuristic modern hotel which is both isolated and yet captures the beauty of the island within it's visual design.

Continuing on from my previous introduction of this fabulous hotel, i'll be taking everybody inside the W Hotel and exploring some of it's communal areas, amenities as well as the guest rooms.

When you first arrive, a member of staff will take you a waiting area in the main lobby. As quickly as you can sit down, he'll also bring you a cool towel and a welcome drink. On the cup, you can see the words Whatever/Whenever. This is their customer service ethos, regardless of where you are at what time, they are always ready to help serve you and your needs. This is one of W Hotel's unique selling proposition, and also why they place such emphasis on the letter W. Quite a well executed branding exercise don't you think?

I actually really liked this welcome drink. The waiter explained that it is a natural concoction of ingredients which support good health. It tastes a little sour but also a little sweet. In any case, it was a much needed refreshment and I really enjoyed the taste.

This interesting booklet is the map of the W Hotel and it's facilities.

The hotel's arrangement becomes obvious at the very first glance.

The waiting area in the main lobby is actually quite a design spectacle in it's own right. We have some very tropical looking wooden chairs, as well as cylindrical sofa's which are very comfy.

In the lobby, you can see some very bright and vivid coloured portraits of some various movie stars. It showcases W Hotel's vivacious, risk and diverse interior design.

Everywhere you look, you can see little hints of Thai cultural influence. For instance, on the background here you can see the sky lanterns and elephants!

These table lamps are actually the head of Yaksha!

They've also got a computer, some speakers, and a few books and magazines for guests to read or use whilst they wait.

This a little corner of the W Lounge which is usually more busy at night. At this time of the afternoon, most of the guests will be elsewhere.

This is the W Lounge and Woobar from another angle.

I really like these bird nest style hanging lanterns. Beside them, you can see the W Hotel mascots.

The storage room for the alcohol!

Because the W Hotel has it's facilities spread out over quite a large area, moving around from your room, to the bar, the restaurant, swimming pool, beach, or lobby can be quite a walk, especially given the heat. Therefore, the Hotel recommends that you call a buggy whenever you need to move around. Now, let's take one of these buggy's to the guest room and see what's inside!

This is my door!

The hotel has 7 different types of rooms, and 73 rooms in total. All of the rooms are villas and will have their own private swimming pool as well as double bathrooms and outdoor lounge chairs. The villa I opted for has a floor area of about 49.3 square meters, despite being quite large, it is actually the smallest type of villa available at this resort.

If there wasn't already enough wow through this whole trip, stepping inside this villa adds yet another wow. I love how much natural lighting there is especially with the french windows. And just on the other side of them, we see a very blue swimming pool on the backdrop of a very blue sky !

The interior design of the villa is very consistent with the design mantra of the hotel's main lobby. Most of it utilises natural wood furnishing and everywhere you look, there are tiny W Hotel logos.

The bathrooms use a very red colour theme, once again showcasing the hotel's willingness to be vivacious and daring. This is actually the first time i've stayed somewhere with double bathrooms, I think it's a little over the top for my needs!

The lighting at night !

This brand of bathroom products (bliss) are an american designer brand!

This is the very well stocked mini W Mixbar. Sadly, only the coffee in the middle tray is free.

A nice selection of alcohol and snacks.

The bedroom uses wooden colours, white and dark grey. Continuing their red theme from the bathroom, we have some contrasting bright red pillows and a brain like ornament also red. Isn't it romantic?

These are some welcome apples and a delicious piece of cake !

Of course, they also supply a decent amount of touristy magazines which you can read whilst catching the cool breeze by the pool outside. Are we on earth or heaven???

By the private pool, we have a sofa bed!

From this point on, I pretty much spent most of the rest of the time dipped in the pool or the bathtub.

Dusk is beautiful.

Thank you for joining me on my adventures to this beautiful resort.

Coming up, I have more stories to tell from the rest of my travels at Koh Samui!

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