Saturday, May 05, 2007

The loudest hotel room ever

We're in Ensenada on Cinco de Mayo, so I expected noise, but this is ridiculous. It's past midnight, there's an ear-splitting advertisement playing on loop from a car across the street with huge horn-shaped loudspeakers strapped to its roof. It's been there since this afternoon, playing the same 15 second loop over and over for hours.

The people in the room next door are playing a Mexican variety show at top volume. There's an American couple fighting in a room down the hall, screaming at each other, which we can hear clearly through the paper-thin walls and doors. Several car alarms are going off every minute or two. Cars are revving and honking on the road. Sirens are screaming. ¡Ay, caramba!