All these photos are just so awesome to have; I didn't take many of my own (I'm just not the photographer type I think, you know?) and, you know, I can look at some of them and actually place myself there, which is just so cool. You are right about the heat though. No photo can capture that. It was really fucking hot in Thailand, and we were there in November. Woah. I just can't imagine the rest of the year. I can't process it. Already I think we had like 6 huge empty water bottles in our bike baskets each from how much we had to keep drinking xD

And yeah, the free bicycles were a nice touch and they were even really well-maintained and safe and stuff and that was just a great part of the whole thing. I remember there was also a place where you could rent golf carts too to drive around but like, that would have just been super lame, right? :D I used to love cycling; when I got a car I abandoned my last bicycle to just sit there and rust when I moved out of university housing years and years ago xD and now I am just determined to get back into it, which I suppose is healthy I guess... so... thanks Ancient City for the inspiration ^_^

I see what you mean about the bonsai trees, you know, you certainly can look at it that way and it's a valid question, but also just think about all the love and care those people must put into their craft and doing that for so long and making them into something beautiful. I bet some of them have really close bonds with their trees. I'm curious about it now... maybe we should have asked the trees while we were there, how they feel about it? Ah well, they seemed content to me as we browsed them. Trees are just really chill I think, you know? At least the ones I've talked to.

Definitely one of the best experiences there for me too. It really was just an awesome time with some really great company; thanks for that ^_^ and we will track down more of that delicious purple ice cream someday if it's the last thing I do :D