i was in ko samui almost 5 months from november 2008 to march 2009 and i felt happy and free!
and now after 3 long holidays in phuket i will come back happily in ko samui, even before i will stay 1 or 2 weeks in bangkok :P
really enough with phuket/patong, too much noisy/russian/dirty/scammers/mafia :ph34r: