Myself and Greg (gkandr4ch) are trying to organise a visit to the site of the Nuclear Reactor in Chernobly.

Flying out on the 29th Feb and returning on the 3rd March

So far these are the definates.

Myself,
Michael (My Brother)
Greg (gkandr4ch)
Annika and partner

and these are the possibilities.

Tiff
AlexF
Mechanic28
Cosworth Rallyesport



Would anyone else be interested in coming along?

A breif idea of the whole thing is fly out to Kiev on the 29th from either Heathrow or Gatwick, lig down in the hotel for the night and then enjoy the tour on the Saturday. Sunday do your own thing and then fly back on Monday.

Anyone who is serious about this trip needs to be certain before about 20th of Jan due to airline fares changes and the like

Looking at about £500 for the weekend (flights, hotels. tour) + spendies (not that much as everything is cheap out there)

List your names if you are interested - definately a once in a lifetime thing this

 

my husband has been talking about this for like 2 years, so count us in

 

once in a lifetime ? you might not live much longer when yer get back too get to maplins for a geiger counter too enjoy

 

is this safe to go to Paul.

 

100% safe.

GOOD NEWS GUYS.

Panorama tours are doing a deal the more people that go to the tour the cheaper it is.
This company is backed by ABTA and is ATOL protected. All monies are safe.

http://www.panorama-tours.eu/ukraine...ns/chern.shtml

If 4 people or more go it goes down to £59.00 each including all permits.

Cheapest flight is £142.00 return. So will be a lot cheaper than £500.00 all in per person.

Please add your name to the following list.

Graceland (Paul)
Paul's brother.
GKandR4CH
Annika and partner.

 

Certainly glowing in the dark ! Like a 1980's Ready Brek advert...


Chernobyl - Central Heating and Cancer for kids... a trip your sperm will never forget.. !!

Best wear some lead line under crackers..



Are you mental ? Safe ? Why does no one live there anymore ?

 

Oh really........


'This took place at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, when the Reactor # 4 blew up during testing of the generator. Nearly 9 tonnes of radioactive material (90 times as much as the Hiroshima bomb) was hurled into the sky'


The after affects of the Hiroshima bomb are still killing people today, over 60 years down the line, not 20.

 

Graceland when you get back from there you'll look just like your avatar

 

I think you have been misinformed slightly. In the years after the accident it was deadly, but now 21 years later things have subsided. Yes there is radiation in the soil, but it is not much more than having an x ray.
There are radiation hot spots such as the red forest and the vehicle graveyard, which is highly radioactive. You are only allowed to see these at a distance.
People DO STILL live there and they eat things grown from the soil!!!!!! The tour takes you to meet these people. They are called SELF SETTLERS.
The town that has been abandoned is definately worth seeing.

 

Ok, I have been checking flights and the cheapest return with all taxes included is £233.20 each person and that is with Ukranian Airways.
BA is too dear.

 

hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

make an excellent thread on '28 days later' Mark.

 

As I said on MSn... seriously tempmted!!

 

Will you commit Alex? That is the question.

 

Not till I can check holiday and finances!

 

I'd love to, But its to early on in the year for me, sorry.

 

Well check now!! Hurry up. Quick!! LOL

 

sounds like NeilM is as well informed about Chenobyl as he is on welded diffs

 

Oh yes Dave......i am really thinging about going but it is a little early in the year and i have to see what work i have before i commit.

BUT

I am going to auschwitz in March i think....so that will be a little eye opening. Deffo one for the camera

Has anyone get that link to the Chenobel site....the one with the tour girl on a motorbike?

 

www.kiddofspeed.com

But she has never been there on a bike and she isn't in any of the pics. But it has some good pictures.

Tiff are you serious on Auschwitz???

 

remember that thread that got posted a year or 3 ago, where some person rode his motorbike around the area, good story with lots of pics
anyone got the link?

I would wanna go on my bike one day

 

You cannot go on a bike to Chernobyl. They do not allow them. She is telling porkies and it is quite well documented that she is talking crap. I put the website above.

 

when the latest u need to know?

 

Hi mechanic,

Looking to book in the next fortnight as the flight will book up quickly and the trip needs 2 weeks notice.

 

cool i will let u know as i am still waiting for my passport plus have to check holiday bokings at work etc,going to be fucking cold there this time of year

 

minus 13 at the moment, makes the feeling of desolation even better. Should be a lot warmer at beginning of March.

 

always wanted to go to auschwitz as well

 

And I hate to tell you, but I am going there end of March!!!!

 

i cant believe anyone would even consider going to a burnt out nuclear reactor.
there are still farms in cumbria that are not allowed to rear sheep due to the contamination from chernobyl.

 

Hi Ian,

It's not burnt out and it is covered by a huge sarcophagus that is not in the best of health.
Well worth a visit to the worst peacetime nuclear accident ever.

 

i would imagine he was,ive been to auschwitz and its one of the most weird experiences ive had,the atmosphere there is kinda freaky for obvious reasons

 

Tell me more dude?
When you went?
Who with?
How much? etc etc

 

i went a few years ago with some german friends,i think its the only place ive walked round and not said a word.The friends i was with never said a word either and i couldnt imagine how they felt knowing that their nation was responsible.

Price wise im not 100% sure it was about 15-20 euros IIRC,most of the arrangements were made by our friends.

Im sure if you do a google search you'd find out more or i can try and find out who arranged our trip

 

Yeah if you could pm me if you find out who you did the trip with. That would be great.

 

sure no probs

 

i would really love to go on this trip.

 

Watch the video thread that Stavros left near christmas time before deciding to travel!

With all my heart - fuck that!

JJ

 

Well if you are serious put your name down!!!!!!!!!

 

just think got more chance of that happening now then during the cold war

 

Mate... it is not me that is mis-informed, it is you that is being mis-sold.

An X-ray is over in a matter of seconds, pop down the hospital and ask at A&E what would happen if you stood in an X-ray machine for 12 hours solid ?

On the site you put the link up for, it says there, which is why I quoted it, the amount of radioactive material released was 9 tonnes... 90... thats 90 times more than the Hiroshima bomb, the after effects are still causing birth deffects and very high levels of cancer in the population 60 years down the line.

The whole thing is 'sealed' in a steel and concrete shell which is deteriating much quicker than any one expected and the authorites havent got the money to redo the job 'properly'


The people who are living there are doing so because they have to, they are peasants and have no other choice.

Just Google Chernobyl Cancer and then repeat the search on images, theres plenty facts to read from reputable sources.



I can understand people going to Auschwitz, to try and understand what went on so that it may never be repeated, but to go to the site of the worlds biggest nuclear disaster out of some sort of 'morbid tourist' is beyond me.