30la Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 7 hours ago, watso63 said: Happy to see you integrating into Thai society and embracing the culture. Give yourself a pat on the back for making the effort. The important thing is to always remain ironic or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusX1 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I must be spectacularly lucky, because I’ve never had any noise problems in any of the dozens of hotels and apartments I’ve stayed at in Thailand, and the condo I now own in Jomtien is wonderfully quiet. It’s one of the things I love about Thailand. In contrast, there’s continuous noise in my Australian apartment. If I’m lucky enough not to have a neighbour playing loud music, during the daytime there’s almost always some piece of noisy machinery in use somewhere nearby, whether a leaf blower, chain saw, angle grinder, hedge trimmer, or that ancient feature of the Australian landscape, the lawn mower. In addition, those infernal reversing beeps are everywhere. It’s so lovely to stroll down to the beach from my Thai condo and watch someone using a rake or broom to clean up fallen leaves instead of a leaf blower. During periods when I do have neighbours playing loud music in my Australian place, I just change my behaviour. For instance, I might play a computer game instead of trying to read. When I had a neighbour playing action movies every night till 1am with his sub woofer cranked up, I changed my sleep times, being retired I could do that. So, I suppose it’s no comfort to the OP if the noise is late at night and preventing sleep, but if it’s during the day, can you do some other activity where background noise doesn’t matter as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Yes it loud but it’s in my poor translation to salute the person..... luckily it’s not everyday of the year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 hour ago, CygnusX1 said: I must be spectacularly lucky, because I’ve never had any noise problems in any of the dozens of hotels and apartments I’ve stayed at in Thailand, and the condo I now own in Jomtien is wonderfully quiet. It’s one of the things I love about Thailand. In contrast, there’s continuous noise in my Australian apartment. If I’m lucky enough not to have a neighbour playing loud music, during the daytime there’s almost always some piece of noisy machinery in use somewhere nearby, whether a leaf blower, chain saw, angle grinder, hedge trimmer, or that ancient feature of the Australian landscape, the lawn mower. In addition, those infernal reversing beeps are everywhere. It’s so lovely to stroll down to the beach from my Thai condo and watch someone using a rake or broom to clean up fallen leaves instead of a leaf blower. During periods when I do have neighbours playing loud music in my Australian place, I just change my behaviour. For instance, I might play a computer game instead of trying to read. When I had a neighbour playing action movies every night till 1am with his sub woofer cranked up, I changed my sleep times, being retired I could do that. So, I suppose it’s no comfort to the OP if the noise is late at night and preventing sleep, but if it’s during the day, can you do some other activity where background noise doesn’t matter as much. Background noise? You really haven’t a clue have you? No disrespects but you live in Jontiem not Thailand. My wife told me that they stopped these unsocial activities in Samui and other tourist areas to safeguard the tourist industry. So much for culture and customs. The mighty baht usurps all else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CygnusX1 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 OK, one more advantage of Jomtien. I have stayed in lots of hotels and condos in Bangkok though, so it seems that the really loud noise is in non tourist rural areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxxper Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I’m assuming you didn’t do any research on the customs and rituals that are common place here before you relocated ! Maybe a place out in the sticks would be more suited for you.....ie well away from the indigenous population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton Rd Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Boots wax earplugs are best, mould them right into your ears. Silicone is not as good as it breaks up too easy. Double glazing would help but it's expensive here and what is the chance of getting it installed right. We had to ask the bloke opposite to turn the music down every night- he had the speakers outside! He took them in surprisingly but of course has never spoken to us since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancharee Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 8:41 AM, essox essox said: these do NOT work well.....have tried many times can still hear the noise which one is trying to erradicate I use beats wireless headphones when they turn up the bass and it's driving you crazy, they are expensive but you can listen to your own music and it drowns out whatever next door is blasting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caine Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 2:41 AM, essox essox said: these do NOT work well.....have tried many times can still hear the noise which one is trying to erradicate Boots sell wax ear plugs absolutely brilliant, someone could throw a bomb in you bedroom still wouldn’t hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 35 minutes ago, Caine said: Boots sell wax ear plugs absolutely brilliant, someone could throw a bomb in you bedroom still wouldn’t hear it. And what do you do during the day? Want to listen to some music, watch a movie .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 15 hours ago, 30la said: And what do you do during the day? Want to listen to some music, watch a movie .... At least you wont hear the Wife nagging you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 I Use these. Expensive and to be honest a little disapointing. Maybe I expected too much. https://www.flareaudio.com/collections/ear-protectors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomahawk21 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Thais must be the most selfish and inconsiderate people on the planet. and rude. i just came back from Singapore, to be greeted by rude thai people. they must have a decree in being rude. it was a delight to spend a few days in Singapore with normal polite intelligent people with positive attitudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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