Yeah man, give me a holla when you head that way again.... But in short if its the islands/coast you want, then go Krabi, if you got money go Railay....  Phuket is ok I suppose if you explore a bit, or you go there for the vegetarian festival madness, it is not a big as a whore house as Patayya but still pretty bad. I prefer the islands of Samui, Pha Ngan, and Tao to Phuket, even though they are also mega touristy... all depends what you are looking for really in your trip, Khao Sok national park is also cool, or up north of Thailand in the hills is also good.  Anyways lemme know when you head that way.

I am more interested in BTC bottoming out, but I can go anytime , its more some other practicalities I need to sort out.  I want to go house hunting in a few countries, and set up some new bases, looking to eject from UK on a permanent basis,  and want to set up several foreign residencies officially,  so need to combine that in my plans....and, moving pets around the place is hard, so will do some trips maybe 1-3 months at a time, get things in place, do some reconnoitring, some relaxing,  and then once I have found some properties I like, and I get my affairs in order, make the big move(s), then I want to set up some polytunnels n stuff, (I want to set up a homestead) , find some local workers, and then travel more.  

(not liking he looks of the airports atm though, seems staff shortages are screwing up a lotta places)