Chernobyl

Makood

Has anybody been? Can you recommend a tour company? I have 10 days in Ukraine over Xmas and would love to do a day tour.

uck51js9zml2yt

You do know that the area is still highly radioactive.

Makood

Raiden Pitiful Root wrote: »

You do know that the area is still highly radioactive.

Yes, but if you stay in the safety zones it's ok.

NomadicGray

Raiden Pitiful Root wrote: »

You do know that the area is still highly radioactive.

I doubt OPs looking for a wander in the sarcophagus

Would love to see it myself, keeping an eye on this thread

PM me nudes

https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/1o9wwo/my_recent_trip_to_chernobyl_and_private_tour/

cml387

I can't remember where I read the article (I know it was a reputable source) but its general thrust was that the effects of the Chernobyl explosion were vastly exaggerated and that apart from the immediate deaths caused by the initial explosion and exposure to the reactor core, there are very few attributable deaths due to radiation poisoning.

Certainly Chernobyl today is a wildlife paradise, due to the fact that no human lives there.

Makood

PM me nudes wrote: »

https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/comments/1o9wwo/my_recent_trip_to_chernobyl_and_private_tour/

Thank for that, you know, I only discovered Reddit about 4 hours ago!

Have you done the tour?

K.Flyer

cml387 wrote: »

I can't remember where I read the article (I know it was a reputable source) but its general thrust was that the effects of the Chernobyl explosion were vastly exaggerated and that apart from the immediate deaths caused by the initial explosion and exposure to the reactor core, there are very few attributable deaths due to radiation poisoning.

Certainly Chernobyl today is a wildlife paradise, due to the fact that no human lives there.

WIKI

 it [is] roughly estimated that cancer deaths caused by Chernobyl may reach a total of about 4000 [..]

uck51js9zml2yt

Bring your giga counter

PM me nudes

Makood wrote: »

Thank for that, you know, I only discovered Reddit about 4 hours ago!

Have you done the tour?

Haha no, would love to though

syklops

Raiden Pitiful Root wrote: »

Bring your giga counter

Dangerously radioactive areas are forbidden to access. I know a few people who have done the trip. They all survived.

PM me nudes

You're also tested after you leave the area it seems.

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

Raiden Pitiful Root wrote: »

Bring your giga counter

His name was Geiger...

mark_jmc

PM me nudes wrote: »

You're also tested after you leave the area it seems.

Yes indeed- they always do a headcount after a tour

lc180

Raiden Pitiful Root wrote: »

Bring your giga counter

I think Aldi have a sale on those this week

cml387

If you don't fancy the trip, you can get quite close by in Streetview

Makood

lc180 wrote: »

I think Aldi have a sale on those this week

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/thur-17-sept/products-detail-page/ps/p/nappy-barrier-creampetroleum-jelly-2/

Already on the packing list

riffmongous

There are a few package tours you can find from google that I think are legit, you have to fly to ukraine and then they bus you from there. I remember looking it up about a year ago but I forgot most of the details (big S.T.A.L.K.E.R fan)

uck51js9zml2yt

PM me nudes wrote: »

You're also tested after you leave the area it seems.

Yup very useful getting a radiation test done after being on the general area of a nuclear meltdown.

PM me nudes

Raiden Pitiful Root wrote: »

Yup very useful getting a radiation test done after being on the general area of a nuclear meltdown.

LOL.

I'm sure the well trained guides aren't going to bring you into a fcuking nuclear reactor.

riffmongous

This should be useful

http://wikitravel.org/en/Chernobyl

Pripyat is probably the main area you'll end up going to, the ferris wheel is pretty well known

Fred Swanson

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Makood

Still awaiting official permission from the landlady-We have 10 days in Ukraine (Zaporozhe) So I''ll be gone for 2 nights and 1 day. Said landlady is coming around though I think.

JohnCleary

I did it. It was uh-mazingggg. Highly recommend it, and i'm not going to give too much away... all i'll say is I would put it down as one of the 'must dos' in life.

I stayed here (we were on a lads trip so didnt want anything fancy): http://dream-hostels.com/Hostels/Kiev/dreamhouse/

Everything walking distance, we took the subway a few times for the craic (talk about going back in time)

We did the Chernobyl tour with this company: https://chernobyl-tour.com/english/

Recommend them 100%. Excellent communication from initial e-mail right through. If you have the time, i'd recommend the 2 day trip. The 1 day was a great introduction, but there was so much more to see.

Bring your own packed lunch... the lunch at the canteen at the reactor is... eh.... not great.

Gringo180

I really enjoyed my holiday to Chernobyl. But, ever since I got back, I've had this strange pain in my wings

uck51js9zml2yt

Remind me not to put the site of a nuclear power station explosion on my bucket list.

I value not being seen in the dark

syklops

Raiden Pitiful Root wrote: »

Remind me not to put the site of a nuclear power station explosion on my bucket list.

I value not being seen in the dark

For someone who doesnt want to go to Chernobyl you've got a hell of a lot of posts in this thread.

You dont want to go there. We get it. Why are you still posting?

ancapailldorcha

I thought there was a bus that just drove through. Is it safe?

Fred Swanson

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ancapailldorcha

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I've always wanted to go. Is it a pain organising a tourist visa? I did it for Russia and it was the most awkward part of the trip. It must be good if you're going for a week.

Fred Swanson

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