another view of the hotel from the main square at the bottom of Lenin Prospect.
from the hotel terrace we can see the main square. cultural centre on the right. supermarket/mall and restaurant building in the middle.
on the hotel terrace. the tiles were probably megabucks back in 1970-odd when they were fitted. the tree is firmly rooted to the spot, i tried to move it but it was solid.
just inside the front door of the hospital. doctors info on the boards and loads of admin info.....no idea what any of it means though.
moving along randomly to the inside of the cinema. very dark in here....obviously. i really hope someone is inspired on this site to go and take a camera and decent flash to the cinema hall. the building is manky in general but the theatre hall is in pretty good condition.
front door of the police station. if you get this far go in, its one of the better buildings.
outside the fire station. it's directly behind the police station. inside is in pretty average condition and we chose not to go far into it. it's a big building though and there might be some gems in there for the more adventurous.
outside of the mall/restaurants. this is right next to the supermarket. it's a big building and easy to get lost in. while my mate took this pic i was deep in the bowels of the kitchens i posted pics of earlier.
directly outside the supermarket building looking towards the cultural centre and hotel.
the main road out of pripyat. this looks like it was taken right outside the guard station. the second time we left here there were trucks flying towards us with rad signs stuck to the front. our driver cursed somethig in ukrainian and the guide told us to wind our windows up quickly. turns out the trucks were probably full of radioactive material.....they were all open on the back and dust was flying about as they drove on. gotta love the soviet way.
the windows were kept shut for a mile until we reached the red forest....the worst contaminated area of all as it was the direction of wind travel on the day of the disaster....all the trees died in an instant and were later buried. we opened the car windows and measured the very high rad count on the dosemeter.
the main drag in chernobyl city. this is the way back into town and about 100 metres down is the left turn to take us back to kiev and ultimately home.
enjoyed it thoroughly and i hope i'l get back one day. two things concern me. firstly, the trees and bushes are getting to be a bit overgrown. obviously if they want it to look as it was in 1986, they want it the way it is. problem is in about 5 years you might not get into the place as its too overgrown.
secondly, some of the buildings are in very poor condition. at least one building has collapsed and several more look like they are on their merry way. the lax attitude to safety is a bonus but possibly a danger in the near future. i urge you to go now.
from the hotel terrace we can see the main square. cultural centre on the right. supermarket/mall and restaurant building in the middle.
on the hotel terrace. the tiles were probably megabucks back in 1970-odd when they were fitted. the tree is firmly rooted to the spot, i tried to move it but it was solid.
just inside the front door of the hospital. doctors info on the boards and loads of admin info.....no idea what any of it means though.
moving along randomly to the inside of the cinema. very dark in here....obviously. i really hope someone is inspired on this site to go and take a camera and decent flash to the cinema hall. the building is manky in general but the theatre hall is in pretty good condition.
front door of the police station. if you get this far go in, its one of the better buildings.
outside the fire station. it's directly behind the police station. inside is in pretty average condition and we chose not to go far into it. it's a big building though and there might be some gems in there for the more adventurous.
outside of the mall/restaurants. this is right next to the supermarket. it's a big building and easy to get lost in. while my mate took this pic i was deep in the bowels of the kitchens i posted pics of earlier.
directly outside the supermarket building looking towards the cultural centre and hotel.
the main road out of pripyat. this looks like it was taken right outside the guard station. the second time we left here there were trucks flying towards us with rad signs stuck to the front. our driver cursed somethig in ukrainian and the guide told us to wind our windows up quickly. turns out the trucks were probably full of radioactive material.....they were all open on the back and dust was flying about as they drove on. gotta love the soviet way.
the windows were kept shut for a mile until we reached the red forest....the worst contaminated area of all as it was the direction of wind travel on the day of the disaster....all the trees died in an instant and were later buried. we opened the car windows and measured the very high rad count on the dosemeter.
the main drag in chernobyl city. this is the way back into town and about 100 metres down is the left turn to take us back to kiev and ultimately home.
enjoyed it thoroughly and i hope i'l get back one day. two things concern me. firstly, the trees and bushes are getting to be a bit overgrown. obviously if they want it to look as it was in 1986, they want it the way it is. problem is in about 5 years you might not get into the place as its too overgrown.
secondly, some of the buildings are in very poor condition. at least one building has collapsed and several more look like they are on their merry way. the lax attitude to safety is a bonus but possibly a danger in the near future. i urge you to go now.
