KOH SAMUI HAS IT ALL | Beautiful Beaches, Muay Thai + Worst Sunburn EVER

Koh Samui is the second largest island in Thailand and some people argue that it is the most beautiful, with the most to offer! There is no denying that the beaches of Chaweng and Lamai are absolutely stunning and there are a lot of different neighborhoods on the island to explore. So join me and my Dad as we check out some of the most popular places, take a Muay Thai class (highly recommend) and learn from my very bad sunburn mistake! Koh Samui should definitely be on your Thailand bucketlist!
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[@robertz7294]

I enjoy watching you and your dad together. He seems to like Muay Thai, a great workout for sure! Cheers from Canada, Rob.

[@cutekid2068]

You look fabulous today

[@TomNook.]

Every day, surely

[@razirazi5074]

Great vid Alina - loved the way you take care of your Dad!!

[@KajaKubicka]

ahh Thailand is such a little paradise! awesome video as always!

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thanks lovely!

[@Charlie-Oooooo]

Beautiful place! Thanks for the tour. Hope your burn is doing better. Whenever I've been sunburnt in tropics, pure Aloe Vera gel heals it overnight, like magic! Straight from the plant is best, the bottle from pharmacy is second. Just make sure it's 100% pure, no alcohol. Best to you and your dad! ❤

[@AlinaMcleod]

Yeah aloe vera is great. Sadly couldn't find any fresh but the bottle kind helped a lot as well.

[@dinab7852]

These videos! They never fail to make me happy and smile. 😊😊😊 THANK YOU! ❤❤❤

[@j.f.almeida9081]

End of the year Iam going to spend a month in Koh Samui and a few days in Koh Tao. can't wait.

[@AlinaMcleod]

That’s awesome, enjoy!

[@davidellis5141]

What a great place to spend a day on the beautiful island 🏝 of Koh Samui.

[@kayflip2233]

That's the lovely aspect of SE Asia - you can base yourself in the big city then go down to the islands, up the mountains, try various activities etc. It's an amazing lifestyle with amazing food and friendly people.

[@chokchai456]

I hope you both have good health and enjoy your trip. April 13-15 is Songkran Festival (Thai New Year), the world's biggest water festival. Hope you don't miss this event. Because this year Thailand will hold a great event all over the country.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Wish I could be here for it!

[@DavidL23.]

Hello Alina! 😁🙏👋🌟 I hope your having a wonderful day! This is truly a fantastic super marvelous video! 😄👍❤️👏📹🇹🇭🏖🏝🥇💯💫✨🌟 Wow! The island of Koh Samui looks so absolutely beautiful! Also Chaweng, Bophut and Lamai Beach is magnificent! The Wat Phra Yai temple is really marvelous! Muay Thai looks really fun! Even the food at The Hub restaurant looks very delicious! I would definitely like to visit Koh Samui one day. It really is a fantastic place! Thank you so much Alina to share with us this amazing video. You are the best and greatest world traveler adventurer! 🙂👍👏✈️🌎📹🥇💯🏆💫🌟 I wish you Alina and your Dad a excellent fantastic amazing blessed day. 😊🙏❤️👋🇹🇭👍✨🌟

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you, it is such a beautiful place!

[@gayatribarnwal5557]

Your vlogs actually are informative & work as travel guide for us as you show case the places in such a detailed way that people can avoid travel cos & plan their itinerary on their own.

[@LoulouLaili]

How is it done

[@darellnewsome4459]

Awesome video Alina! So sorry about your burn...... hope you are still getting fully better. Really looking forward to your next video. Stay safe and well out there!

[@roamingalone5226]

Really great to watch you and your daddy touring together. This will go down to memory lane.

[@JelizavetaZaiko]

Wow, you went for Muay Thai training! Respect! The last and only time I went to Muay Thai myself, already after 30 minutes I had to invent a football practice I forgot I was late to... uuuhm, I don't even know the rules of football. Great videos you're making!

[@AlinaMcleod]

lol totally understandable. I honestly don’t know how I made it through the 2hr group class. Would not recommend that long unless you’re super experienced!

[@khenglim]

Alina, you should check out another well known KZbinr who lives in Koh Samui with her thai husband. They own a restaurant there. Her channel is Lilly Hubbard. Anyway, awesome video. Sad though to see you burn out. Hope you recover soon. Have fun with your dad exploring the rest of the island.

[@user-rn6fp9uz9j]

Hello , Beautiful Alina , Beautiful beaches , Good travel in Thailand and more so many thanks and Me always follow Alina forevermore.....

[@kimtucker-we6sw]

Anyhow hope your having a super time with your Dad!!!❤

[@didiemanuelson3207]

The hubs and I are moving to Koh Samui as soon as we finish selling everything we own in California…(can’t happen soon enough, trust me) As most people do, you watch every single video of that town. Which I have…but yours are my favorite! Love your vibe and your personality. Thanks for the joy!

[@AlinaMcleod]

Aw thank you so much and hope you guys have a great move!

[@abbasahmed6374]

Beautiful place beautiful you nice to see your dad with you have a great time. Lots of love from Montreal

[@nayac7615]

Hi.alina enjoy and safe.hi.to your dad. From.montrel Montreal

[@franciscoespiritu9020]

Nice video Alina😀

[@edmoore5887]

So lovely and peaceful, heal quickly. Dad is a good old sport and a great companion!

[@vithayachaipanya561]

Hi Alina,Hope you feel better from your sunburn, please take care .

[@shivanbarran9579]

Good job Alina and dad 👍💥💯

[@akramulhoque3490]

I Enjoy watching you and your dad.thangs and be safe

[@robbiewotherspoon6042]

Thanks for sharing !

[@isackmussa879]

HELLO ALINA!Today I saw asgin from this occasion that you are preparing for more journey so, good luck 👍 ❤

[@newmankidman5763]

May your skin have a speedy recovery

[@TEDVANG1]

Very nice to see you and your dad touring เกาะสมุย. Oh and you are such a great daughter how you caring for your dad..

[@johngonzalez4298]

Hi Alina! Happy Sunday from Miami, Florida, USA 🇺🇲

[@ChickenkoukMenacer-it1qw]

Everything is beautiful ❤️ I love it

[@viffer94]

Love the vibe on Samui more so than Phuket. And it’s a big enough island so you can always escape and find your own little corner of paradise somewhere. Definitely go back and explore some more with some stronger sunscreen. 😊

[@AlinaMcleod]

Very true!

[@naturalexplorer]

Was trying to remember where my friend and I were in Koh Samui and you mentioned it as Chaweng Beach. The surf was always flat as a pancake from memory. Busy and hustling. Excellent Thai food at the Hotel restaurant right on the waterside with fantastic sunsets. Walked to the Big Buddha from our Hotel. Did that trip to the marine park which was OK but I lost my lunch on the way back in the boat. It was full on choppy sea and the small boat was just getting flipped up and down the whole way. Remember a woman getting a really bad disk problem in her back then having to lie down like a plank for the rest of that boat trip - she was in constant agony.

[@louiem2]

Great vid, your dad is a star!!

[@fleursmith5761]

Love your videos Alina. Your Dad is fantastic and I am enjoying both of you together on your journey. The Island looks beautiful and i think Bophut would be my spot too.

[@adoz.p]

Hello Alina and Dad! Me and my dad really enjoy your videos, we think your dad is an interesting man, wise and humble. Last minutes video beautiful blue eyes. Thanks for sharing your videos, have a nice day.

[@terriode]

Whao! You actually returned to Koh Samui after 3 years of absence, reminding me of General McArthur's "I shall return" in 1941 and really came back as promised in 1944. Glad you enjoy more after the pandemic's gone. Cheers!

[@AlinaMcleod]

I was actually in Phuket during the pandemic, first time in Koh Samui!

[@welatperwer]

Hi Alina I am the new subscriber to your channel. I'm watching your channel from Kurdistan. I want to say that because of your commitment and respect for your father. Congratulations to you.

[@stephenbush1326]

Another great video. Can recommend staying in Bophut next time, great relaxed vibe. Hope that your burn is feeling better.

[@josealfonsosilvalatorre1826]

Great video

[@OneLife_206]

I am Thai but I’ve never been there been living abroad all my most of my life USA

[@hollydavid69]

Hello Alina & Dad !

[@ralfmoll5727]

Hi Alina, I can feel your pain having been sunburned badly. It reminds me of my own experience being on Phuket. I thought I applied sunscreen properly, but I got red skin and itching everywhere. I had to see a doctor and got something to put on. I took cold showers in the night to reduce the itching for a little bit to sleep. 🦞 Best regards, Ralf

[@AlinaMcleod]

Aw sorry to hear that

[@user-pn3io5oy3i]

Ahh so cute, bringin daddy along.🦝

[@traveldiarieswithadi496]

Hi Alina, thanks for showing us around this beautiful isand. beautiful presentation as always. The beaches are spectacular, lamai beach is already so popular, the meal looks sumptuous. Sad to hear about your sunburn, south of thailand usually its a common thing for most foreigners..the fisherman village area looks nice and quiter compared to the other busy parts of koh samui

[@vs123]

Thank you very much travelers in thailand

[@user-fu1uv4fc4i]

Very good...Alina and your father looks great when practicing Muay Thai.......Alina,you really are my Wonder Woman🤣💐👩🦸‍♀️👍👏👏👏

[@ald1144]

Ouch! My Dad and I both got sunburns like that in Mui Ne, Vietnam. Same thing--sunscreen that really wasn't. We spent all the next day in the shaded part of the resort pool.

[@koehl405]

It is a Great day to start the morning here in Florida. thanks

[@AlinaMcleod]

Good morning!

[@jasong2068]

Great video! You are gorgeous!!

[@jaylinn416]

Your dad is a riot. 🙂

[@suryadisurya9953]

Beautiful..❤

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Sorry about the sunburn Alina. You look stunning in the colour blue. Tell your dad I won't engage him in a fight. 🤣👍😊🇹🇭🇨🇦

[@toonboon1975]

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[@prabhakarmetri6371]

Beautiful place

[@busters299]

Alina you are very nice and perfected young lady. The ways you taking care your Dad it indicated that you are Angel from the sky. Your Dad very luckiest to have you to be a daughter. Thanks for sharing and good luck both of you. This is very nice video.

[@Pisnurak]

พ่อเขา คงดีใจและมีความสุข ที่มีลูกสาว พาท่องเทียว ขอให้มีความสุข ตลอดทุกการเดินทาง คนไทย วิถี ชาวบ้าน อาจจะทำให้ แปลกใจ...

[@user-rj2ly6ru3n]

🙏Lovely Dad & Daughter🥰🤘🇹🇭

[@coleennoble6492]

Try Nivea Sunscreen available all over Thailand works really well.

[@ninjedi]

Love the Muay Thai training bit - you've got a pretty decent jab-cross combo! Also, must be already February 17th in Siam or Sri Lanka local time ... happy 33rd, babe!

[@AlinaMcleod]

OMG Dean, that is so kind and generous of you to send and also remember the day, thank you!!! I hope you are doing great 🙂

[@kp_porter]

I loveeeeeeedddddd Koh Samui. I stayed in a small villa near the Big Buddha and the temple. It was definitely the quiet side of the island which was perfect. Aww, what a shame that you weren't able to go to Koh Tao. It's some of the best snorkelling in the region.

[@daniellopez-nj1bf]

nice recorrido en la playa y te miras bonita! con tu vestido ❤

[@sittichaitipsom8955]

Beautiful 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@hoanghanvlogs]

❤❤ I like the video

[@ianhamilton396]

Your Dad should have his own channel !!

[@trinitywave]

Thank you for this video. It's been a while since I've been to Thailand (I think i went in 2013 and 2014) so 10 years ago wow. I don't remember going to Koh Samui, but your trip looked like you had fun. I miss authentic thai massages, I do thai massage myself as I got certified in the US). I have done muay thai too, theres a teacher i like called Spring (female) here on youtube whose a good teacher. Also, I saw and heard about your sunburn. I know how painful those can be. I feel sad that it slowed down your fun thai trip. I hope you are feeling better and recovering now. Sending you light and love.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you, absolutely love Thai massages!

[@nonarnon9787]

Beautiful ❤🇹🇭

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Hope you're doing ok. Take Care of yourself. The quest for the perfect suntan lotion and the time you are out in the sun should be a priority. Harriet burns. I tan. Koh Samui sounds like a go to place to visit. The boxing champs Alina and Gordy are on our team. Great style points . Be Well . Stay safe. Dear friends from Harriet, Jim and Yuki Richmond, Va.

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thanks guys!

[@parure1000]

Hope you have got over sunburn thankfully.Take care for the rest of your trip.

[@ernestconnell8087]

Thanks!

[@AlinaMcleod]

Aw thank you very much for your support, Ernest!

[@PaddyMan1988]

I was there last November.

[@EduardoTakeshiKay]

Alina Mcleod, vem para o Brazil,por favor ! Curitiba - Brazil !

[@user-rg6wi4wq4d]

Forgot to add in my previous post in Thailand most sun screens also have a whiting agent as many Thai ladies don't like going to tan, while us Farangs try our best to get some colour, but certainly not lobster red☺😄😁

[@suryadisurya9953]

Nice ❤

[@user-bs4vb8vh6m]

Samui so relax and paradise island 🤗😊🫰❤️😉👍🎉🎊🏖🏝🌴

[@mangoking787]

Alina you are living in the best Island of Thailand. Infact all the Islands are breath taking. I am from Perth, but I will be visiting Koh Samui end of July. I will dine at Lilly Koi for 8 nights while I am in Thailand. It is a pity foreigners cannot buy house and land only Condo. Are you living in Thailand. Everytime I see a video of Thailand. Foreigners from all parts of the world are coming to make Thailand their home. How I envy them.

[@ShigeruWakita]

It looks a great place, and the video is also very good. But be careful about sunburn😢

[@azntoogood]

I just had this feeling you will go here to koh samui

[@user-hw2ln7bm7v]

Ihave trained at Tiger Muay Thai Phuket many years ago when there was no UFC fighters going there. I am impressed that you dad gave it a go! May I ask how old he is? Koh Samui is awesome place.....will head back again soon.

[@siamiam4306]

Koh Samui is ok and I prefer it over Phuket. I'm Samui expert but found myself scootering to Fabriques for breakfast in Lamai every morning which was a awesome breakfast treat. Didn't notice the rock formations in Lamai proper, but a non discript accommodation 10 mins away had awesome rock formations on its beach. The only advise I have if you travel to Koh Samui is use the local airport. It's not the usual cookie cut airport and charming. You'll spare plenty of time with the ferry option and wasted time in Surat Thani.

[@zobry2xxx]

you burn so easily .. feel bad for you. I had the same experience once in Aruba .. terrible. Hope you recover soon and enjoy the rest of your trip.

[@bellyhungry]

2nd degree burn? That is rough. Sorry to hear that. Could you have bought some sunscreen that actually works in Thailand? When your dad said he would be doing Muay Thai in Chiang Mai, I thought he meant lots of 'Mai Tai.' 😄 Thanks for the video sharing your experience and keeping it real.

[@jaglazzarinim2558]

Maggo is so cool

[@shivanbarran9579]

Blue shirt handy Alina.❤

[@EduardoTakeshiKay]

Alina Mcleod, vem para o Brazil,por favor !

[@kantichadechakhum7381]

Miss Samui. 🇹🇭❤️❤️

[@luigibenni3449]

I went to Ko Samui about 30 years ago: totally unrecognisable! There was just a small village back then.

[@Mohamedmerwany3rd]

I wish you good luck my dear

[@user-rg6wi4wq4d]

Thankyou for your video. Your Dad looks so fit, travel is agreeing with him. Now Alina, us Aussies would describe you as a lobster with that sun burn; must have some celtic in your genes maybe.

[@user-ce4jf6vm1u]

i love you Alina

[@linehand21]

Beautiful country❤

[@adm.petercowell9573]

Hey Alina, Coming back this way through Pattaya any time soon?

[@AlinaMcleod]

Sadly not this trip!

[@user-qv1mu8sd5h]

Very nice Thailand ❤

[@user-qv1mu8sd5h]

Yes

[@barmawimawiyt424]

Hey Gorgeous,,when you come to Indonesia again?

[@buddajoseph]

For any sunscreen maximum time between applications should be two hours not the 4 hours they recommend.

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

Thank you very much Alina and dad for this beautiful video. I enjoyed watching your dad while boxing, your dad is just wonderful. He is very well and in good shape and I think he prefers the sea rather than other places. ❤

[@robertjanak1026]

Poor thing, I feel for you. Lots of Aloe jell will help!

[@shahidulislam1652]

Hello mam watching from Dhaka Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@saraphadchannel7412]

รู้สึกดี ที่คุณรู้สึกสบาย😊