Хороший день / Dobryi den’ / Hi,
Welcome to the very first post (aka part one) dedicated to our little travelling across Ukraine. Let's start with Chernobyl!
In Kyiv, we hop in a van which takes us to the Exclusion Zone (EZ) and beyond it. Randomly, we will see the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Pripyat, the Duga radar. EZ is an area of ~30 km radius from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. You are not allowed to enter EZ without accredited tour guide.
Sorry about camouflaged photos. I have not managed to obtain full consent to publish photos with faces (except dogs and other animals) as of the date of publishing this post😁
There it is! On the left - the sarcophagus where we are going to shortly. On the right, incomplete reactors 5 and 6 where we are not going at all. The river is Pripyat.
Before observing the power plant, we have to eat something. In order to enter the Canteen 19, we have to go through this radiological detection portal. Do we pass it?!
Yep! As a reward, we can eat side by side real Chernobyl liquidators and workers at the same canteen. They serve usual European meal. I must say it is quite Okay. Their brioche-something is delicious! Soup = no surprise = borscht.
A dog resting around the corner of the canteen.
Another one! They are very friendly and not mutated (surprisingly, for some people).
With fully belly, we get closer to the plant. But before that, we stop at this place, sort of like of the square with statues and monuments. On the left, the sarcophagus is partially visible.
(Untamed) core (that small pearl).
The Prometheus statue. Before the disaster, it was placed in Pripyat.
Nearby we find this bridge. Going fishing?
Sort of. In the box, they have fish feed they use to attract fish.
Believe or not, there is plenty of fish. If you are lucky, you will see giant catfish (afraid not our case).
At last! We are approaching the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site.
This is the closest we get. This monument honors Chernobyl liquidators and constructors of the sarcophagus.
Level of radioactivity in normal😉
That is all for today. If you like it, stay tuned as more cool stuff from our Ukrainian adventures back in 2018 will definitely come. In the meantime, don't forget to check out my Pinmapple profile to see all places I have visited on the map!
