Wow, fantastic report, and lots o info!
Not wanting to hijack this fantastic thread to put one of my own links up, but: I'm going there next month for a four day tour (spending 3 nights in Chernobyl) Its not my first vidit, and I've published my packing list with a new map etc. here
www.urbanxphotography.co.uk/Chernobyl
Once again, ace report!
hi everyone
well i will respond to this with a more considered answer but i found a knee pad / protector invaluable, as kneeling down to get a specific angle will often involve putting yourself on glass, or sludgy stuff, or, worse, moss, which retains the radioactive stuff very well and should not be wandered upon. Much. I would recommend a mouth / nose protector, you know, one of those things that cyclists wear in the city. Nobody wears them in the exclusion zone but if you're going into buildings full of dust and goodness knows what else, my concern was, and is, asbestos. No idea if it there, and what type it is.
when you are in the zone, so not to waste time driving 20km out of it just to eat, take bottled water - the fizzy stuff is really good over there, and snickers. The cheese is awful. There is also a small gift shop in Chernobyl, close to the firemen's memorial - where you can get buy Chernobyl pens, mugs and t-shirts!! It makes an unusual gift.
As for photographic kit, a great deal of the buildings will be in deep shadow, and then you will find sharp explosions of light, bursting in from broken windows etc..
