We have pretty much gotten used to the security guys riding around on bikes and blowing their whistles. Now we have new sleep-time disturbances.

Last night was a special occasion, as it was another festival. This one was to celebrate the harvest, and it is a regional festival, and we were told they set off more firecrackers for this festival than for Diwale, which was already a ton of crackers. I had a headache and was try to sleep/relax and it proved to be very difficult with bombs going off feet from my head every few seconds. Some one in our building bought some of those fireworks that have the bright flash and then the loud bang, and they were shooting those off in the street out front. They literally shook the building when they went off, and were set off for hours.

There is a new regular disturbance, however. The highly visible Hindu festival season seems to make the Christians jealous. So every morning, from 6:00 - 6:30, they blast what seems to be Christian pop music from their church, loud enough to disrupt our sleep a half mile away. What's worse, is that we're told that this is for Christmas!!! In October!!! There is also a Hindu call to prayer around 4AM, but that only lasts for 5 minutes and is not as loud