Chernobyl Revisited (interesting Website)

Grumps82 · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:39

After reading about s.t.a.l.k.e.r. it made me think about Chernobyl.

I did a google search and came across this

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-revisited/

Quite an interesting read with some eery photographs. I cant imagine the silence of the "ghost town".

Would be an interesting place to visit (with protective gear on of course).

What do you think ?

Scuzi · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:40

I remember reading that site a while ago. I'd really love to go there

Grumps82 · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:42

Looks darn scary though,

The picture oif the fair ground deserted freaks me out.

Glaucus · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:42

I would love to go there, I'm sure I will at one point, dont think you need protective equipment.

Grumps82 · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:48

I cant imagine what the silence must be like. No birds singing, no transport. Crazy...

Stretch · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:51

Cobra-UK said:
I cant imagine what the silence must be like. No birds singing, no transport. Crazy...

There's loads of wildlife. iirc it's become a bit of a nature resrve.

Jet · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:52

Cobra-UK said:
I cant imagine what the silence must be like. No birds singing, no transport. Crazy...

There's plenty of birds and animals. It's far from silent.

Scuzi · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:53

Cobra-UK said:
I cant imagine what the silence must be like. No birds singing, no transport. Crazy...

I love the fact that it would be like going back in time to the 80's, nothing touched since then.

Does anyone know if there are organised tours or anything like that? This is something I'd love to see.

Stretch · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:55

Scuzi said:
I love the fact that it would be like going back in time to the 80's, nothing touched since then.

Does anyone know if there are organised tours or anything like that? This is something I'd love to see.

I don't think you're allowed in the exclution zone without permition from the government and a chaperone. Even then only for very short periods.

There was a program on a few weeks ago called cooking in the danger zone. It was very intresting, did anyone else see it?

Glaucus · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:56

Scuzi said:
I love the fact that it would be like going back in time to the 80's, nothing touched since then.

Does anyone know if there are organised tours or anything like that? This is something I'd love to see.

Get in

Pripyat is located 110 kilometers from Kiev and about 16 kilometers from the border with Belarus.

To gain access to Pripyat, Chernobyl or any of the surrounding villages, you will need to enter the 30km exclusion zone - and to do that, you will need to arrange a day pass. The easiest way of obtaining one of these is through a tour operator, of which there are many based in Kiev.

Most chartered tours take the form of a busride from Kiev. The travel agency Hamalia has a good reputation for ecological tours to Chernobyl. When you book a tour, better book in advance because there is an official registration and permission needed.

Internet project pripyat.com organizes tours to Chernobyl exclusion zone and Pripyat City for site readers and forum members. If you interested, former Pripyat residents could accompany you in the City and tell you their stories and memories about days of accident. They do very interesting, informative tours, everything is officially legalized.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Chernobyl

Tom|Nbk · 22 Mar 2007 at 21:56

saw this site a while ago after doing some research for a project in college. Really interesting and i would love to go there.

bottom right of this picture is one of the first levels in S.T.A.L.K.E.R tis pretty amazing how replicated it is.

xolotl · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:13

A nice story, but thats all it is.

http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2004/05/fraud-exposed-and-true-thing.asp

T16 · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:28

I wouldnt count that as exactly trustworthy either.

There is much activity around the power plant now, packed trains transport workers to the other 3 fully functional reactors.

Chernobyl is fascinating, there are two amazing films that the BBC did that have some AMAZING footage and facts.

1. Inside Chernobyl's Sarcophagus - BBC Horizon 1996

and

2. Horizon 2006 Nuclear Nightmares

Literally jawdropping viewing.

DannyDan · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:31

T16 said:
There is much activity around the power plant now, packed trains transport workers to the other 3 fully functional reactors.

I don't think any of them are still in operation now. There is still a lot of monitoring going on there though.

Flibster · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:43

DannyDan said:
I don't think any of them are still in operation now. There is still a lot of monitoring going on there though.

I believe all the reactors are shut now. However they are building a new sarcophagus now as the original one is crumbling away.

Simon/~Flibster

Loki · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:51

Thats a pretty old site but none the less a good one. Hard to believe it was 1986 when that happened

Duke · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:53

Wasn't it posted here before, that the OP website was a fake in the end?

beh · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:55

Ye, I'd thought the story that it was fake was almost as old as the website itself.

Kreeeee · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:57

beh said:
Ye, I'd thought the story that it was fake was almost as old as the website itself.

I saw the whole fake thing unfold on here what must have been years ago now.

cheets64 · 22 Mar 2007 at 22:59

Some of it is real, some of it is fake, you are not allowed to ride a motorbike through there, she did go but not like the way she says.

Chernobyl Revisited (interesting Website)

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