Chernobyl: Vacation Hotspot? Or Mutation-Causing Wrong Turn?
One place I really want to visit, but common sense tells me otherwise, is Chernobyl. No, not the power plant itself, but the nearby ghost town of Pripyat and the wasteland that surrounds it.
Apparently it's just safe enough for visitors to spend a brief time scavenging about before too much radiation mutates their brain cells. We've posted before about tours which the adventurous and/or fool hearted can take out of Kiev. And, we've posted about a rather amazing motor bike journey through the "Zone of Estrangement."
Today, however, we share a chilling video of what a city of 48,000 looks like 20 years after this planet's worst nuclear disaster. And it ain't pretty folks. It sure is tempting to visit, though. And, were it not for the radiation, I'd be climbing all over those buildings. Call me a wimp, but I think I'm staying away for another century or two.
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Oct 4th 2007 @ 2:15PM
MarkR said...
I personally visited the Chernobyl area for two days in June 2006 with a friend and former resident of Pripyat. We toured the Chernobyl Plant (including the Reactor 4 control room), several of the abandoned villages, and Pripyat. I have posted a photo journal of my trip at:
My Journey to Chernobyl: 20 Years After the Disaster
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Oct 4th 2007 @ 2:16PM
MarkR said...
Here is the link to my article:
http://www.nikongear.com/Chernobyl/Chernobyl_1.php
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Oct 5th 2007 @ 9:06AM
Willy said...
jeezum, it's a ghost town...
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