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Recordist's notes
Rainy bus stop at Haikou City Hospital on Haidian island. The traffic changes with the rain, more people taking busses and many moped riders having already rushed to get home before the skies opened. Recorded on Sony PCM-M10 with built-in microphones.
About the place
Haikou is a city of about 3,001,600 people in Hainan, China.
Equipment mentioned: Sony PCM-M10. A pocket recorder famous for its low self-noise and long battery life.
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Sources & credits
- “Meilan, Haikou, Hainan, China - Rainy bus stop at Haikou City Hospital” by connorwalsh – CC BY 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0