Chernobyl aka: Chornobyl, Chernobyl Zone

I had seen a lot of documentaries and read a lot of books, but nothing compares to actually being there. To stand at the site of the worlds worst nuclear accident, to think about the people who gave their lives to save the rest of us from what could have been a world devastating event, is very humbling.
It astounds me that in school children are taught about the world wars, pearl harbour, the gulf war, and are not ever told about Chernobyl. Most people who I told about my trip had never heard of it!
If you visit here, I highly recommend the Chernobyl museum in Kiev too.

i believe that Chernobyl has distinct, non conventional beauty to it.

even though it is mostly desolate, life lives on. humans are long gone [except for marked houses, and those doing scientific research], yet nature lives on, like humans were never there.

if you just look at the pictures, you can tell that people got out of there as soon as possible [understandably…there WAS a nuclear explosion].

it’s kind of spooky, and erie, and romantic, all at the same time. the ferris wheel still stands from the amusement park that was never able to be opened, for their may 1 opening was overshadowed by the horrific nuclear reactor accident that happened on April 26.

I’ve always been fascinated with Chernobyl. For some strange reason I just want to feel the eerieness that exists there. Also, I’ve played the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R set in Chernobyl which has really wanna made me go now. Maybe when I’m older.

I am going there in May 07. Care to join?

History does not repeat itself, rather we repeat history. Knowledge is our key, and humanity is our goal.