Our stay in Pak Beng was overall an interesting and noisy one! There were a variety of sounds and noises that were just way over the top. By the end we just had to laugh - it was so ridiculous when we thought about it. First was a "Ge Ko" noise from the large geckos in our building. It was followed with the festival and its super loud repetitive songs. Then there was the echoing voice of the host on the microphone: when he laughed it was a loud cackle that went on forever. It was pretty funny. The party went on till 3am and we could still hear it (including the cackle) from our 'hole'. At 2am some kids decided they were going to stand just below our window and clash cymbals and drums for about 7-8 minutes, we think, just for the hell of it. Once they had gone away we thought we could finally settle for some sleep, but at 2:30 someone came and banged on our door shouting something. Realising he had the wrong room he promptly went downstairs and shouted up to his friend who was in the next room. He then came back up and banged on our door again. When we shouted at him he quietly replied "Solly". He must've been a local.
We awoke bright and early (well, not so bright!) bang on 7am to the sounds of a belt sander and drill squealing away. Next it was a revving motorbike just outside our window. And to top it off, the cockerels(roosters), of course, chimed in! Now you can see why we had to laugh! Welcome to Laos! * Mush
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