My sometimes asks me: "Walter, is it a bit quiet there, where you live?" My answer: “Well yes, I live in a cul-de-sac, so that makes a difference. As everywhere, the street vendors pass by here. Between 6.15 am and 6.30 am the first ones are already there. Noodles, vegetables, fruits, meat and fish. Then you have the iced coffee. One with plastic cups and saucers, one with all sorts of brooms and of course also the Ice cream Nestlé…
They all have their own music, broadcaster, bell or horn. They pass here every day. Also on Sundays. And like I said, we live in a cul-de-sac. So? Indeed. They pass by again. That way we certainly don't miss them when we want to make a purchase. Now there is also a street behind our house and when the peddlers leave the neighborhood, they often take this street so that we can hear what they have to offer again (for the third time!!!).
These scenes remind me of my childhood in Kapellen. Then came the milkman, the crowd and of course 'Soep Van Boon' and oh yes, the pastor now and then. It was not clear to me at the time what he was doing. But that was it.
Then there are the dogs. My neighbor across the street used to have 2 guard dogs. They bark at everything that moves and/or passes by. Recently these puppies have and now there are 6 of them! A free crying concert every day.
A farmer lives behind our house. He also has 2 guard dogs. These animals live in a dog house. Their habitat is determined by the length of their chain. Same scenario here too, they bark at everything and everyone that passes by. When one starts, the other starts too.
Also understandable, he is afraid of losing his job and being thrown out on the street if he doesn't bark.
You also have the stray dogs and cats. They take a heavenly pleasure in greeting or laughing at their chained friends. Can you guess the consequences…?
Most of the houses here are all inhabited. Unfortunately, some of them are also empty and in disrepair. Dozens of pigeons have settled here. It is therefore a roekoekoe concert all day long. The worst part is that they smear everything with a thick layer of s****t.
There is a grass square about 50 meters from our house. That is used for all purposes. Likewise for parties. With the necessary decibels, everyone in the neighborhood knows that there is something to experience on the square. But that is rare and not too bad. There are also loudspeakers where regular messages from the municipality can be heard. Of course at the most unexpected moments.
On Mondays and Thursdays, the garbage truck passes here… between 5 am and 5.30 am. They are then with 3-4 men. They also provide the necessary decibels and… stench.
And as I said, we live in a cul-de-sac…
But for the rest ? For the rest it is quiet here…”
Now I can already imagine the reactions here: 'Move anyway !!!' or “Buy earplugs!!” No dear Thailand bloggers, I don't. My wife found and bought her dream house here. Her parents and brother live a few houses away from here. In short, she is happy here.
And I? I love her and together we love our noisy cul-de-sac…in Sai Noi, Nonthaburi.
Greetings to all.
Submitted by Walter
Well to each their own, it's not for me. Not even those crazy neighbors who have a car with huge boxes in the back of the trunk that only work when the engine is running and produce a lot of noise. And if the neighbor is drinking, that thing will of course turn on and louder the more he drinks. Sometimes I think I hope that car will have an accident…. To me this is antisocial behavior and addressing it is pointless. They just do what they feel like and how the wind blows. So I will never buy in Thailand but always rent so that I can move if necessary.
Well, staying alive is of course true love…..I don't have that, for me my rest is more important than any love whatsoever, so I will probably stay alone……….
But luckily I know a place in the middle of Bangkok at the back of a hotel where you don't hear anything at all during the night or during the day, really and luckily I still visit that place sometimes………