I made the mistake once of renting an apartment in Bangkok on the second floor, with my windows and balcony overlooking a motorcycle taxi stand manned by friendly Issan men.  They never stopped loudly yelling at each other, usually in a friendly voice, despite the fact that they were sitting next to each other on a wooden bench.    It was a hopeless situation and I had to move.  

4 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

The only real problem are the all night weddings, where loud music is blasted until dawn, but it isn't that many and the earplugs will help.

Agree with you there.  The super loud Thai Rock music going on for two or three nights in a row can be a pain in the ass ears. 
When you see these rolling into your village, you know you aren't getting any sleep anywhere in the village before 12 midnight.  They set up stages, roll in loudspeakers on trucks, and you can feel the bass 2 miles away resonating through the walls. But, it's part and parcel of Thai village life.  I've attended a few of these back when I was still in party-mode.  But again, like the morning talks on the village loudspeakers, I can pretty much tune out any background noise from amped up loudspeakers.  

Regarding the OP.  You either need to learn to live with it, or move.  Not every farang can integrate well into Thai village life.  It ain't for everyone.
Personally I love it, but then again, I'm well integrated into village life including having spent two Rain Retreats as a Buddhist monk.  Having been a Thai monk  gets you Thai Village Cred and a modicum of respect from the locals.  

Just now, connda said:

Agree with you there.  The super loud Thai Rock music going on for two or three nights in a row can be a pain in the ass ears. 
When you see these rolling into your village, you know you aren't getting any sleep anywhere in the village before 12 midnight.  They set up stages, roll in loudspeakers on trucks, and you can feel the bass 2 miles away resonating through the walls. But, it's part and parcel of Thai village life.  I've attended a few of these back when I was still in party-mode.  But again, like the morning talks on the village loudspeakers, I can pretty much tune out any background noise from amped up loudspeakers.  

Regarding the OP.  You either need to learn to live with it, or move.  Not every farang can integrate well into Thai village life.  It ain't for everyone.
Personally I love it, but then again, I'm well integrated into village life including having spent two Rain Retreats as a Buddhist monk.  Having been a Thai monk  gets you Thai Village Cred and a modicum of respect from the locals.  

 

 

Stood back a bit in crowd.........30/40m.............. I recorded 112dB........bl**dy ridiculous.

Look on the bright side, you will not your alarm clocks any longer.

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

Follow the little lady to her village and make a home there. The bad part is they don't have enough eggs in the basket to move away once they settle in. Not all of course, but I'd wager a good amount of foreigners secretly wish they had made different decisions. 

And many of us are more than content with the decision to live here and become part of this otherwise highly nationalistic society.  The reality is that Farangs are square pegs jammed into the the round hole of Thai society, but over time the sharp edges wear-down and you become part of the Thai community that you settled into.  I look back at American and I'm aghast. We are constantly doing building projects on our land here.  The same building projects in American would required permits, inspections, licenses, and government constantly in your face.  Then lets talk about property taxes.  The home you bought in 1970 for $20,000 dollars in now inflated to $600,000 - all artificial - and of course your city, county, and state all want a percentage of the "assessed" property value in taxes.  Here's an example of homeowner's "heaven" in the United States. 

 

 Then try building something on your property.  Then there are liens, and easements, and all sorts of other government 🐂💩.  Here in Thailand, if I want to build something on my land, I build it.  Then the year our property taxes on the land came to a few dollars when converted from THB to USD. If you took the home and land I have today here in Thailand, and move it to San Diego, I'd have a property worth in excess of $1 Million USD.  But it's all artificial inflation and it has wiped out the American Dream for Gen-Z and younger.  I'm happy being here and I have no plans ever to return to the US as I'm pushing 19 years in Thailand and 19 years married to my Thai wife.  My quality of life is magnitudes better here in Thailand then it would be in the US.  I don't miss the US at all.  I miss some friends and some family, but we have the Internet and that bridges the gap. 

32 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

 

 

Stood back a bit in crowd.........30/40m.............. I recorded 112dB........bl**dy ridiculous.

Yeah, like my ears felt after a Humble Pie concert in Seattle back in the 70s.  My ears rang for three days.

33 minutes ago, ezzra said:

Look on the bright side, you will not your alarm clocks any longer.

I go to bed late (11pm to 1am) and get up late (8am to 10am) and I don't ever hear the loudspeakers in the morning.

The ONLY Way is to just live underground....

And never come up.

 

 

If you live near a temple, or almost anywhere, then build yourself an underground bunker.

 

Sleep down there, and get a good night's rest.

 

When the noise stops, then come up for air.

 

Really, this is the best and only way to find peace around here.

 

1 hour ago, ricklev said:

I made the mistake once of renting an apartment in Bangkok on the second floor, with my windows and balcony overlooking a motorcycle taxi stand manned by friendly Issan men.  They never stopped loudly yelling at each other, usually in a friendly voice, despite the fact that they were sitting next to each other on a wooden bench.    It was a hopeless situation and I had to move.  

I always say to people looking to rent somewhere is go back in the evenings and see whats going in the area, 

1 hour ago, ricklev said:

local temple turns on the loudspeaker

I like the music trucks in Isaan. 

 

Boom Box truck. 

 

9 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Get Georgie to write a letter to the village CEO. That'll get them to sit up and take notice!!

5 hours ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

By 05:30 a.m. I've had my coffee and am on my way to the park to exercise. Why are you still lounging around in bed expecting people to be quiet so you can get your beauty sleep? Drag your lazy ass out of bed and start your day. 

You have a park in your village? 

Wow.....hiso.