peaceful quiet village life sometimes

[callaway]

This is all tongue in cheek. 3 parties started this morning. First kicked off for kid going to temple for 7 days to be a monk at 0530hrs. Then other 2 parties thought they had better have louder music than the other. So truck in bigger sound systems because lose face if your party is not the loudest. Now 10.30 pm and only have 2 trying to out do each other. Tempted to throw a length of wire over the top of power supply and short out. Of course we would nplot have power for 3 days until PEA got off their ass to fix. I guess its not that often so got to live with it. Normally ok. I guess we all get it in village hey

[stoneyboy]

Yes inconsiderate neighbours in the eyes of western expats is all part of Thai culture I'm afraid.

[farmerjo]

My wife was telling me to turn the music down last night

[aussiesteve63]

My wife goes to the local temple which is about 1200 meters away and they ask if we had a party last night, she said no that's my husband listening to his music and having a beer. My 19 yr old stepson asks me to turn it down sometimes but Aussie rock needs to be played loud.

[andrew55]

Great attitude callaway.

Many perfect previous and future nights to remember and enjoy.

The good to come out of your tough night is that you now have a few more people laughing at it all with you.

Hope it doesn't happen too often.

Make note to self... Buy earplugs.

[andrew55]

Lucky there wasn't a week long funeral to follow with the local monk karaoke team chanting a few old favourites between bell ringing rounds.

Also tongue in cheek.

[andrew55]

No Scorpions or Caribao? See? Could've been worse.

[ThaiKneeTim]

A monk died at one of the three temples in our village, which also coincided with Songkran. As you can guess there followed several sleepless nights, but worse that that, the event overloaded the PEA network so, at around 8pm, we were graced with silence for two nights, sat in the dark. At least the telephone network was still working so we could surf the web.

[KhunBENQ]

Do you live in out village

Oh no, just see you have three parties.

Here only one monk party.

But the xxxx Watt speakers are exactly directed to our house.

Yesterday until midnight walls and windows trembling.

Closed windows and doors, still difficult to even watch television.

This morning at 5:10h a short "wake up call".

Thanks for that.

Later I will drive my wife to the neighboring village.

There is ....

a party

Such days remind me again how strange and mad this country is to me and will always be.

[Pimay1]

It's the same all over. Around here they have parties for the dead (tamboon) and the deafening music goes on until around 6am. I go to a quiet bungalow and sleep. Problem solved.

[revgreen]

i prefer to join the party instead of lamenting everyone else having fun

[tomwct]

Just pack up and go for a weekend away! Now the Aussie that blasts music, sounds like he's been converted to Thai Culture and is no better than his Thai neighbors!

[KhunBENQ]

Just did a short courtesy call at the neighboring village.

Same "sound machine" as recently near our place.

Turn the volume the max.

If windows shaking then you have the real fun

On the evening before until about midnight.

(it's me shouting to the smartphone)

Edited May 1, 2016 by KhunBENQ

[Zendo]

So many funerals ceremonie here.. it nevers ends and playing loud music and chanting monks all night long almost, and start again early morning.

And if not funerals then it's just every "long week end" (almost everyday) that locals "casinos" push the sound too far, I mean really crazy noise, being closed to speakers will indeed damage your ears.

I watch movies on computer with earphones on, it works pretty good but when the weather comes in with tropical storm.. it works even better, only the sounds of wind and rain ^^ superb !

I sometimes think that we are still lucky, imagine how bad could it be if they were making same noise for each child birth or baby shower => hell of a place !

Edited May 2, 2016 by Zendo

[Sheryl]

Earplugs are essential to life here. Closed windows, a/c with the fan on maximum and an afditional large fan in the bedroom (to produce "white noise") plus really good pair of earplugs generally does the trick for me.

[Colabamumbai]

Apartments or houses in big cities are usually quieter than village life.

[masuk]

My wife goes to the local temple which is about 1200 meters away and they ask if we had a party last night, she said no that's my husband listening to his music and having a beer. My 19 yr old stepson asks me to turn it down sometimes but Aussie rock needs to be played loud.

My late father was like that. Always had the TV turned up so f...n loud.

Miserable git wouldn't buy a hearing aid until he turned 65 and got one on the pension.

No more shouting, no more loud TV! Thank gawd he didn't like Triple J!

Steve mate: have you had your hearing checked? If a 19yo says it's too loud - it's too loud!

[KhunBENQ]

Apartments or houses in big cities are usually quieter than village life.

Usually yes, except you have the wrong neighbors.

Edited May 2, 2016 by KhunBENQ

[Saan]

The Thais aren't the only ones.

I was at an Australian friend's wedding in a village at Burriram and the speakers were delivered on a large trailer.

The noise was appalling. Eventually everyone left and I asked my friend if we could now turn the bloody music off.

No, he says, I want everyone to think our party is still going.

I think he had acquired Thainess.

[Zendo]

Yes, in the city it's much quieter... lol !! just let's say it's not the same sound background, but how can someone tells that bangkok is comfortable in term of sound ?

Also you don't have the privilege to be wake up some mornings with the "mayor greatings" on the loud speakers all around town, and How could people in the city know who give 450 baths for Nit brother funerals or 600 baths for temple donation if the mayor is not Shouting it on the mic for evening cessions ??.. lots of FUN !

[masuk]

Yes, in the city it's much quieter... lol !! just let's say it's not the same sound background, but how can someone tells that bangkok is comfortable in term of sound ?

Also you don't have the privilege to be wake up some mornings with the "mayor greatings" on the loud speakers all around town, and How could people in the city know who give 450 baths for Nit brother funerals or 600 baths for temple donation if the mayor is not Shouting it on the mic for evening cessions ??.. lots of FUN !

I've been in worse noisier places. Having a mosque very close by, reminding the village it's time to get up and pray. 0500 every day. There are four more calls during the day, but I'm usually awake by then!

[Zendo]

Yes, in the city it's much quieter... lol !! just let's say it's not the same sound background, but how can someone tells that bangkok is comfortable in term of sound ?

Also you don't have the privilege to be wake up some mornings with the "mayor greatings" on the loud speakers all around town, and How could people in the city know who give 450 baths for Nit brother funerals or 600 baths for temple donation if the mayor is not Shouting it on the mic for evening cessions ??.. lots of FUN !

I've been in worse noisier places. Having a mosque very close by, reminding the village it's time to get up and pray. 0500 every day. There are four more calls during the day, but I'm usually awake by then!

YES, that migh be the worst in this world : living closed by a mosque ^^ But at night time they won't put the volume up while drinking lao lao, Shiangsun, Hong tong or Singha, that's a plus !

[masuk]

Yes, in the city it's much quieter... lol !! just let's say it's not the same sound background, but how can someone tells that bangkok is comfortable in term of sound ?

Also you don't have the privilege to be wake up some mornings with the "mayor greatings" on the loud speakers all around town, and How could people in the city know who give 450 baths for Nit brother funerals or 600 baths for temple donation if the mayor is not Shouting it on the mic for evening cessions ??.. lots of FUN !

I've been in worse noisier places. Having a mosque very close by, reminding the village it's time to get up and pray. 0500 every day. There are four more calls during the day, but I'm usually awake by then!

YES, that migh be the worst in this world : living closed by a mosque ^^ But at night time they won't put the volume up while drinking lao lao, Shiangsun, Hong tong or Singha, that's a plus !

You reminded me that in 8 years in Indonesia, I only ever saw a local person who was drunk, on one occasion. But they also have very noisy wedding parties.

[1FinickyOne]

Well, nobody ever told me that village life was going to be quiet w/o parties, it was just not in the handbook that they gave me on arrival... and no, I am not crazy about the noise either, but I have always noticed that city people go to the country craving quiet and country people like noise... too much quiet I guess...

but Thailand does tend to be noisy... so it goes...

I was in a local carwash and they tend to blast the music - a car came in with a massive sound system and left the doors open. Nobody even seemed to notice the competition of sounds... for me, I had to go sit further away.

[jesimps]

Apartments or houses in big cities are usually quieter than village life.

I agree. If you enjoy peace and quiet and dislike bass-heavy music live in the middle of nowhere or in a city. Avoid villages, temples and beaches like the plague. I speak from experience.

[Zendo]

The other day I travelled to laos and make a stop in khao kho, in the early morning we could hear the buses on the other hotel closed by... there was this BUS with engine on, waiting hours for we don't know what, that played Morlam so loud that we could feel the bass moving our stomach in our room at 6 in the morning !! the worst wake up ever ^^

so if you go for this natural park.. avoid the area where yellow buses parks inside and stay away at least 1km or you'll hear it like if you were in a RAVE PARTY !

[jak2002003]

Temple is next door to our house... have some loud speakers pointing at out house and when they turn them on the walls and windows shake. No ear plugs or TV on max volume can drown the noise out... have to get on my pushbike and get my morning exercise as no way can stay in the house!!! Last week the temple had something going on to collect money for a new building... every day for 10 days we had 5.30 wake up till 9 am with the loud music and money asking for money. Then again in the evening with 3 big parties (which only about 10 people went to) which went on till midnight!!! It was torture.

I think we have it worse than most people.

Typical day...

5.30am - 8.30am Temple music (very bad old Thai pop music).

10.30am - 6.30pm Loud base music, screaming children and teenagers noisy motorbikes... from kids public swimming pool across the street (kids on school holiday for what seems like forever).

6.30 pm Village speakers to give us all the news.. with more annoying bad old Thai country song.

7.00pm 9pm Neighbours dog collection (now up to 12 dogs) howling, screaming and barking manically for food).

Then at night in the dry season (now) there are usually several parties going on with more loud base music till about 12.30 at night. This week had a funeral with drums and fireworks.

Then blessed silence till the next morning it starts all over again.

We have our house up for sale now.. moving to the city for peace and quiet.

[Zendo]

We have our house up for sale now.. moving to the city for peace and quiet.

Whaoo.. i feel lucky compared to your situation, I hope you'll sell it quick and at a good price.. the sound disturbance will not bother thai buyers in fact.. they might enjoy it and think it might save money on karaoke systems.. no need to buy one !

The solution is also to move to countryside for real.. not in a village and far away from speakers downtown.. I mean avoiding any soi or moo at all, just your land outside civilisation and a pick up 4x4, solar panels, and water pump, that's the price of Silence

Edited May 2, 2016 by Zendo

[UTH001]

It's the same all over. Around here they have parties for the dead (tamboon) and the deafening music goes on until around 6am. I go to a quiet bungalow and sleep. Problem solved.

I am in the center of three Wat, I often think that the area around Lumphini in Bangkok is more quiet than living in my village. Yes, I am now using earplugs too...

[Jeffkp]

Apartments or houses in big cities are usually quieter than village life.

My condo in CM certainly is!