Sound of Silence - not really

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On my recent trip back to the UK I was struck by how quiet it was.  “What?” you say “Scotland I can understand but London?” Here is selection of the sounds in my Salone day and you shall see why I was deafened by the silence.

Dogs barking, fighting and squealing – all through the night

Cock crowing from 4am onwards

Sweeping - a national past-time - it’s time to get up when I here Joe sweeping around the building every morning

My gate being opened and closed (a very distinctive sound that I can now pick out among many others) as people come and go

Rain – at the moment there is often the sound of rain on corrugated iron roofs, dripping (or rather gushing) out of overflows, running down street

Scrunch of car wheels on road as they bump down the ever decreasing road surface

Beeping of taxis and okadas as they indicate they have space for a passenger

Shouting of apprentice from podapodas – “PZ, PZ, PZ”

Beeping of people I know as they drive past on my walk to work

Shouting of my name by friend on okada on her way to work

“Good Morning Madam” my daily greeting from Santos on the fourth floor

“Eeeeeeeowwww” exclamation throughout the day as people react what another is telling them something of note

Little girl next door crying

“Patreeek, Patreeek” as the houseboy from upstairs is called upon

The hum of all the neighbourhood generators when the power goes

There are many more but there are a few of the most common.