Chernobyl, Day 1 – the beginning
We were picked up from Kiev and driven out to Chernobyl early on a Monday morning in May. Murdoch80, myself and another friend from Melbourne, Shane. We were met at the first check point by our tour...
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Over lunch we had discussed what the best plan of action to get ourselves into the buildings was. Should we offer our guide a bribe? Should one of us keep him occupied with questions whilst the...
View ArticleChernobyl, day 2 – morning in the machine graveyard
Day two started bright and early with breakfast in the same diner we’d had dinner in the night before. Once again we were segregated in our little curtained-off booth. Breakfast looked like this:...
View ArticleChernobyl, day 2 – Palace of Culture
After leaving the rusted machines behind, our guide told us he was taking us to the centre of Pripyat. This is where the day tours who only have a few hours in Chernobyl spend all their time. When we...
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