Read all your blogs a while back. North korea one was very very good!
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Read all your blogs a while back. North korea one was very very good!
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Always nice to hear, thanks! I'm heading back to North Korea in May so there should be a follow up soon
.Always nice to hear, thanks! I'm heading back to North Korea in May so there should be a follow up soon
Great! Head off quick before they nuke themselves
Chernobyl is somewhere I really want to visit. The history of the place and the abandoned buildings, tragic and incredible. I didn't realise until BattFinks post that guided tours were available, I was always lead to believe that it was a sort of enter at your own risk type place.
With the guided tours in mind, are there any restrictions on the time you can spend in the area?
A rough Google search suggests it's around 150Km from Kiev, so probably a couple of hours either way.
With the guided tours in mind, are there any restrictions on the time you can spend in the area?
A rough Google search suggests it's around 150Km from Kiev, so probably a couple of hours either way.
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There is a small hotel located within the zone. I've stayed in it and it's a little bit rough but not too bad. Last I heard you could stay for 4 days before needing to spend a night outside the zone. I know of someone going in for an 8 day trip and staying in the zone for 3 nights returning to Kiev for one night then back to the hotel in the zone for another 3.
Yeah it is around a 2 hour drive to the zone plus about 15 mins spent checking documents at the checkpoint.
Thanks for the replys everyone I 100% want to go, even if don't make this time will go back I have added Chernobyl to my bucket list of places to visit.
Thanks for pictures its looks really eerie
Will have a chat with my friends 2 of them don't want to go the others do if we all decided to i will take you up on that offer.
Pizza always sounds good
Sold!
Going back at the end of March, will be my 4th time in the zone. There's a couple of members from the forum that have been
Last October we had a guided tour of Reactor 2 & 3 days to wander around Pripyat, there's a lot to see if you're interested in Urban Decay etc.. If you get a chance Duga-3/Chernobyl 2 is worth looking at
As someone's mentioned you get the same kind of exposure that you will get on a long haul flight. When you leave the exclusion zone you have to go through dosimeter control
I think you can book daytrips that pick you up from Kyiv Train station (no experience of that though as we stayed in a town called Slavutych & caught the train in each morning).. It's about a three hour drive from Kiev to the exclusion zone, so I would expect a really early start
A couple of snaps from some of the trips (I am not a photographer):
Thanks for pictures its looks really eerie
Will have a chat with my friends 2 of them don't want to go the others do if we all decided to i will take you up on that offer.
Pizza always sounds good
Sold!
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That picture of the Ferris wheel always reminds me of the CoD4 level set in Chernobyl when you play as a sniper in a ghillie suit.
I went to Kiev in August. The War Museum was really interesting.
Also, try and go to Mezhyhirya Residence if you get the opportunity. The story behind it is amazing, and the grounds are absolutely enormous and beautiful. You can rent bikes just outside to take round. Definitely worth a cheap bus/taxi ride there!
Also, try and go to Mezhyhirya Residence if you get the opportunity. The story behind it is amazing, and the grounds are absolutely enormous and beautiful. You can rent bikes just outside to take round. Definitely worth a cheap bus/taxi ride there!
Dunno, would love to, but very unlikely the next couple of years! Zero disposable income! Hope when i do go back most of the group are still regulars. I look on in insane jealousy when the pics start coming!
