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oshawa_ue
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|  | | | so im planning a trip to the chernobyl reactor 4 (the one that blew up in 1986) and i was wondering if anyone has ever been or has any contacts possibly. i plan to take thousands of pictures, including pictures of the graveyard of cars, busses, and helicopters that were used to build the concrete tomb around the reactor...there one of the most radiation covered areas but i think there is not enough photos of the graveyard...i will be meeting with locals and try to meet most of the population that have returned to there homes inside zone 1. i have even herd of a man with a tattoo of the explosion on his arm who makes a living catching fish from the reactors reservoir...so if anyone has any information or comments on places to check out while im there i would love to hear from you
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nutekk
      
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Central NJ
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 1 on 3/17/2008 5:54 PM >
| | | | there's a company that does tours there and can get you inside the zone and show you around. you are limited as far as photographing the military graveyard nearby. def one of the places i'd most like to photograph. when do you plan on goin ?
cheers !
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oshawa_ue
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Oshawa
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 2 on 3/17/2008 6:25 PM >
| | | | im hoping to go within the year. and as far as the tours go i do plan on taking it but a family friend whent a few years back and he said if you have american money its not hard to bribe security to give you your own private little tour...they dont mind taking photographers for a little sight seeing, just have to have cash to wave around
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Tupsumato
 
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Finland
Gender: Male
How close can you go?
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<Reply # 3 on 3/17/2008 6:38 PM >
| | | | Posted by oshawa_ue
...if you have american money... |
Who wants American money in Europe when you can have €uros... 
Anyway, a fellow explorer of mine take a private tour. It's not hard, but if you ask the wrong guys, you might get into a lot of trouble.
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oshawa_ue
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Oshawa
Gender: Male
| | | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 4 on 3/17/2008 6:43 PM >
| | | | ya euros would work....it was a long time ago when he whent...pre-euro im guessing
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z0th
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Gender: Male
On the bleeding edge of cocking things up.
| | | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 5 on 3/17/2008 9:48 PM >
| | | | i think there was a recent thread somewhere in one of the less regional (main or world) forums about someone visiting the Chernobyl/Pripyat site. search FTW!
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Witek
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Everywhere.
Gender: Male
onwards.
| | | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 6 on 3/17/2008 10:23 PM >
| | | | It's a militarized zone, so if you get caught and you don't have the right papers then you will get in to shit, lots of it. I too am planning a trip there in the summer, but I doubt I'll be able to get anywhere past the main tour. You're very limited in where you can go with this place, lots of control over radiation, and they even won't let you in if you're not fit (they test your body mass and such to see how much radiation you accumulate during your visit.)
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Azubi.UK
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UK / KSA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 7 on 3/20/2008 1:39 PM >
| | | | Some of you chat shit. I have been and I wasn't tested for body weight or anything like that. Also, the tour, you can go where you want within reason. They give you the "it's dangerous" spiel but you tell them you don't care and they let you go. There are some things you can't take photos of like the employees and personnel clearing the Zone but apart from that, they don't give a shit.
You want to meet all the people back living in the Zone? How long are you going for? You could spend all day (and alot of money giving them food) driving round looking for them. Waste of time, go spend it wisely in Pripyat or some other derelict bits as there are time limits in place for Pripyat where you have to be out by x time, which was 5pm if I remember correctly.
Go through a real tour company, it will be cheaper than bribing all three gateguards and all his mates at the checkpoint with him. Not only that, it will be safer for you and easier. You are right in one regard, flashing a bit of cash or having a ready supply of beer can help persuade people along your line of thinking. Saying that, you don't really have to that much as the only restraints we had last time was Time itself and having to see everything in one go.
I'm going back next month and I certainly don't plan on looking at some old people for 15 minutes.
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oshawa_ue
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Oshawa
Gender: Male
| | | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 8 on 3/21/2008 6:22 PM >
| | | | you do bring up a good point about the locals
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Ex3cutor
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Nürnberg (Nuremberg). Germany
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 9 on 3/21/2008 6:58 PM >
| | | | Here are some informations about travelling to Chernobyl...
http://www.tourchernobyl.com/
The cost per person (starting May 1st, 2008):
One Visitor - US$ 475.00
Two Visitors - US$ 255.00
Three - Four visitors - US$ 200.00
Five - Nine visitors - US$ 175.00
Group of 10-15 - US$ 125.00
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NextelCupMK
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Waltham, Mass and Athenry, Galway
Donkey Could KICK the ASS out of Action's monkey
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<Reply # 10 on 3/22/2008 8:36 PM >
| | | | Those prices must be for each person right?
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Mickael
Moderator
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Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 11 on 3/22/2008 8:51 PM >
| | | | Posted by NextelCupMK
Those prices must be for each person right?
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The cost per person (starting May 1st, 2008):
One Visitor - US$ 475.00
Two Visitors - US$ 255.00
Three - Four visitors - US$ 200.00
Five - Nine visitors - US$ 175.00
Group of 10-15 - US$ 125.00
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DinoFack
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Montréal
Gender: Male
Que?
| | | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 12 on 4/11/2008 4:37 AM >
| | | | I so want to go there someday.
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heli55
location:
Halifax
Gender: Male
| | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 13 on 4/14/2008 9:14 PM >
| | | | When are you guys going? If there's a few people could get a better group rate, maybe make sure we see the graveyard. As that site mentions it isn't included in the 'normal' tour anymore:
| Important - Passage to "Rossokha" village, cemetery of military machineries - NOT AVAILABLE ON A REGULAR BASIS ANYMORE DUE TO THE ROAD CONDITION |
I'm sure if we were willing to pay a bit extra they'd do it. I'd go this summer...
-Colin
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Azubi.UK
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UK / KSA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 14 on 4/15/2008 6:07 PM >
| | | | I'm flying out to the Ukraine on Monday.
Yes, you can pay a little extra to visit the vehicle graveyard. We were all set to go and sorted the price with the driver when the tourist yanks who came with us had to get back to Kiev to catch a train to Poland.
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Vivo
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Newcastle, UK
Gender: Male
| | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 15 on 4/19/2008 8:33 PM >
| | | | Posted by Azubi.UK
I'm flying out to the Ukraine on Monday.
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YEAH! Woohoo!
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Lingerer_of_Silence
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London, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 16 on 9/23/2008 5:12 AM >
| | | | What is this place you guys are talking about? What is the history behind it? I shall research this.
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JMSvenungson
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Sweden
Gender: Male
Its always funny until someone gets hurt, then its just hilarious.
| | | | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 17 on 9/23/2008 5:56 AM >
| | | | Posted by Lingerer_of_Silence
What is this place you guys are talking about? What is the history behind it? I shall research this.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl
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Lingerer_of_Silence
location:
London, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 18 on 9/23/2008 6:12 AM >
| | | | UNBELIEVABLE! What an amazing history. Just to clarify, is Graphite poisonous to the human body?
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Lingerer_of_Silence
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London, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: chernobyl
<Reply # 19 on 9/23/2008 6:14 AM >
| | | | BTW, good luck trying to get into Chernobyl. Seems like a hard place to get into. There's also radiation in there, watch out man.
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