Chernobyl Urbex

[new_republican]

I'm making a list of Urbex places I need to visit before I retire. Chernobyl may have made the list.

Check out this site about:

A Girl
A Geiger Counter
A Motorcycle
A Camera

She makes a photo documentary of her motorcycle tour of Chernobyl and the surrounding areas.
http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chernobyl-revisited/

For those of you who do not know:
Chernobyl

Comments

[_duffy_]

Yeah... I'm in on this a little late, but although that site is fake I've always found it fascinating anyway.

So, I dunno... maybe it's just a psychological thing, but at some point a few months ago someone linked me to a Google maps satellite image of the Chernobyl/Pripyat site. Something about this is just goddamned creepy:

You can see the two reactor silos there, one of which is (obviously) no longer present.

[new_republican]

Damn! You've already done half the recon.

Anyone got any contacts they give me in that area?

[_duffy_]

lol... and how sad is it that despite my recon, I've never been out on any actual urbex runs... at least not since I like like... 8 and living in the country. I'll probably try to start out somewhere with less fallout ;)

It seems like there are a number of Russians in the abandonedplaces community... I know Russia is huge, but maybe oleg44 knows someone. He's been really active latey, posting a ton of great pictures.

[dooomkitten]

I'll probably try to start out somewhere with less fallout ;)

Sounds like a good plan!

[maubast]

Pictures of Pripyat:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35025258@N00/sets/72057594116404530/?page=2

I love the ferris wheel.

And here's the wikitravel info:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Chernobyl

[new_republican]

NICE! Thanks for the links.

[maubast]

You're welcome!

[dooomkitten]

I would go to Pripyat with you in a heartbeat!

[new_republican]

You would certainly make a wonderful travel partner.

Can you speak Russian?

[dooomkitten]

*blush*

Why thank you!

And sadly no...

But I could learn!

My friend Len would be a good person to take along with us...he speaks 6 different languages including Russian...the majority of them being slavic-ish...

I'm certain slavic-ish is a real word.

Yup!

[peddles]

This reminds me of that play by William Shakespeare, about the nuclear reactor failure and the abandonment of the Russian town.

What was it called again? Oh yeah.

Chernobyl Kinsmen.

[_duffy_]

=(

*stabs self in face repeatedly*

Good one.

[laurapalmer813]

I saw that site a couple years ago and though they say its a fake the pictures look real to me and Pripyat is on my List of Places I Need To Go. It has to be the most depressing place on earth! <3! I will, however, be waiting to go to any highly radioactive places until after I have had my alotted number of babies. So it will be a few years. But its a plan!

I think you should go, and bring back many pictures and stories of your adventures!