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During our trip in Kyiv and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone we naturally heard a lot of music. We started to explore in the realms of Soviet/Russian, but also Ukrainian and Belorussian music. Felix inititated a Spotify playlist and added the others as editors. This playlist grew literally from hour to hour and started to focus…
After visiting the Duga radar and control facility, we were going to explore the abandonded Zamoshna village. Because we got up very early in the morning to seize the early dusk hours, we were pretty hungry by now. Next step was to have breakfast. So we looked for the ruins of an old building to…
Back in the stalker flat, we prepared our stuff for moving out to the Duga radar and had dinner. That said, it was this moment, we realized we had no plan how (or where) to go to the toilet in Pripyat. Obviously, there is neither running water nor many undestroyed bathrooms. Our guide told us…
The next morning, we woke up in our Pripyat flat with some notable muscle ache. But I was a little bit relieved to hear that this even affected the other guys – who were in far better shape than me. Although I slept like a baby on a jacked up room door, I woke up…
After a restful sleep, we were supposed to hike the rest of the way to Pripyat. We were greeted by sun rays shining through various gaps in the roof, promising mild weather and wonderful views (and pictures) of the zone during daytime. Motivated by this, we packed up, left the attic and headed to an…
Finally the Chernobyl hike starts! Well, this is actually the 2nd day of the Ukraine trip. But it’s the 6th article in this series. Probably the one, you have been waiting for. Our guide picked us up from the hostel at 10 PM. Then we made a fuel stop and drove to our drop-off point…
After exploring the drainage system, we were put into an Uber that brought us to a location in Kyiv way closer to the city center. Slava lead us into the backyard of some houses and left us there. While he went to check for guards, we should not speak to the pidgeon. That’s at least…
It is not Chernobyl time, yet. But we will enter the Kyiv underground to explore the drainage system „Mykilska“ and a Soviet civil protection bunker. Both are very fascinating places, that are – although stuck in time – in pristine condition. We booked this tour before starting the trip. We were supposed to meet with…
We booked flights from the new Berlin-Brandenburg (BER) airport to Kyiv Boryspil (KBP), so we had to get there first. Driving at night was very easy and relaxing. Especially, because we tuned into a Stalker-music playlist. This subgenre of music is also called „Russian Doomer Music“, as we learned later. I have been dealing with…
Now I was sitting there, having committed to a multi-day hike through the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Despite having never been hiking before. I did do prolonged 20+ km walks in the past though. So I figured my feet would handle the trip – despite having flatfeet. Plus the chronic back pain that grounded me twice…
Hinweis: Wegen höherer Reichweite und dem internationalen Charakter der Reisegruppe, veröffentliche ich diese Chernobyl-Reiseberichte in Englisch. One of the trips planned for 2020, was targeted towards Chernobyl. Originally we were a group of 5 people who wanted to spend a week in the Ukraine and book a 2-day tour to the Chernobyl exclusion zone. But…
Dieser Artikel lag jetzt schon eine ganze Weile seit dem Urlaub unfertig herum. Ursprünglich wollte ich ihn zusammen mit den Fotos veröffentlichen. An der Front werde ich aber derzeit von einer defekten Festplatte im NAS ausgebremst. Das hatte ich in der Folge heruntergefahren, um Datenverlust vorzubeugen. Daher gibt es hier auch bislang nur Handyfotos zu…
