This is the final checkpoint. Protective radiation suits are required beyond this point......I am not that curious.
With a 4 kilometer leap, we are at the gates of the Ghost Town. It was founded in 1970 and located 4 kms North of the reactor. 48,000 people lived here and loved their town. In 1986, it was a modern, green and cozy place to live.
This town might be an attractive place for tourists. Some tourists companies have been trying to arrange tours in this town, but the first group of tourists found the silence unnerving and downright SPOOKY. And it is. They charged 1200 hryvnas for a 2 hour excursion and after some 15 minutes, they wanted to flee to the outside world. The silence here is deafening.
The map... 600 years... Cruising around ... Checkpoint... Loses ... The Liquidators ... Passing Chernobyl town ... Village election house ... Atomic plant ... Silence ... Ghost Town- Pripyat ... Bike shop ... Hotel ... New Beginning ... Their flag was still there ... No Labor Day parade ... Back to the USSR ... Devils Wheel ... Climbing up ... Vovik+Tanya=love ...Up on the roof ... Town where time stands still ..."Azure" and "Moonlight sonata" ... Kindergarten ... More of kindergarten ... Prometheus fire.