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Floating Markets, Thailand

"Floating Market, Bangkok"


Although Floating Markets originally were a vital part of trade, nowadays they exist mainly for tourist attraction. However some locals still use the markets as their main food source and it still looks like an amazing experience! Classic canoes piled high with fresh fruit, vegetables and even cooked food litter the canals of Vietnam. The traditional boat noodles are a must try, filled with different Thai flavours and spices.

Boat Noodles, Rachaburi Province

Originally this method has been used for thousands of years to transport food straight from nearby farms to market places. It is also believed King Rama IV ordered the popular, 32km tourist canal, Damnoen Saduak, to be built around 1866, connecting the Mae River with the Tachine River. To date this canal is the most popular and well-known. Many pictures you see when 'googling' Floating Markets are in fact taken at the Damnoen Saduak floating markets. There are a variety of canals to choose from and even boat tours that tourists can participate in. Open everyday from 8:00-13:00!

Damnoen Saduak

Different Foods to try

-Coconut Ice Cream
-Fresh Coconut Juice
-Boat Noodles
-Fried Mini Crabs (?!?)
-Cooked Corn
-Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

青木ヶ原
Aokigahara, Japan's Suicide Forrest
"The Perfect Place to Die"

Pieter Ten Hoopen
It makes sense to me that my first post is on the place i want to visit the most: the haunted forest of Aokigahara, in Japan. Filled with victims that have fallen at their own hand to depression, this one forrest contains enough chilling stories to give you nightmares for the rest of your life. Second to the Golden Gate Bridge for the world's most popular suicide spot, and rated the 6th most creepiest place on earth by Cracked, I don't know what has attracted me to this place. Probably the same thing that has attracted people each year, curiosity. Why do hundreds of people each year choose to end their life at the mercy of this exceptionally quiet suicide forrest?
Robert Gilhooly

The Suicide Forrest, otherwise known as The Sea of Trees, and Japan's Demon Forrest,  resides at the North West base of Mt Fuji in Japan, in Yamanashi Prefecture. Due to lack of animal inhabitation, and the thick trees which block passing wind, the inside of the forrest is know to be very quiet and still. The thick trees block out nearly all sunlight and are covered with intertwining vines and moss. The floor is very rocky and uneven, almost about 200 caves lie throughout the 36km^2 forest.

This One Reads:
"Your life is a precious gift from your parents. Please think about your parents, siblings and children. Don’t keep it to yourself. Talk about your troubles (or ‘Please get help, don’t go through this alone). Contact the Suicide Prevention Association 0555 – 22 – 0110"


The Japanese Government refuse to publish the amount of deaths per year for fear of encouraging more. However there is believed to be around 100 deaths per year. 
Works that have contributed to a rise in the number of deaths in the forrest:

  • "Kuroi Jukai" Seicho Matsumoto 
A story about a pair of star crossed lovers who take their lives in The Sea of Trees. Published in 1960, the novel is often blamed for the start of the deaths however there are recorded deaths before publication. Although the novel may draw others to the forest, it can not be responsible for the final decision to end a life. The Forrest is.

  • "The Complete Suicide Manual" Wataru Tsurumi. 
Published in 1993. Written as a manual the book covers 11 categories of suicide methods. The suicide methods are described in detail and analysed. These 11 categories are hanging, overdosing, freezing, self-defenestration, slashing a wrist, car collision, gas poisoning, electrocution, drowning, self-immolation, miscellaneous. 

 Medium Format Photography 

 Websites/Blogs i have come across that provide more details about The Suicide Forrest:
In The Shadows
Life For a Forrest 
Aokigahara Forrest







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