I present you my final photographs from The Chernobyl Exclusive Zone, a 2 days trip with an awesome guide plus 3 others guys. The place was surprisingly empty for an end of July, which made the whole experience even better!
Nature is overtaking the city in decay… Wildlife has adapted to the radioactivity… Ukrainian workers are building an arch to stop once for good the factory from leaking, they are paid an average of 400 euros a month while tourists like myself paid a company 250 euros to see the consequences of such nuclear catastrophy: I came back amazed but confused. I’ve seen a lot of photos of Chernobyl but never heard about the people living there.
I’ve learned a lot not just about the disaster in itself but also about the country, the people through personal stories… We met a grandma who lives in a house, just outside The Exclusive zone, with no electricity, and who has to retrieve water from a well to survive. I was shocked by the beauty of the flowers and plants across her deserted village…and couldn’t imagine what would be a winter like for her.
Pripyat was once a model city of the Soviet government and was founded in 1970 for the workers of the nuclear power plant, situated just three kilometers away. Pripyat had all the luxuries of a modern city – a railway station, port, hospital and a fairground.
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Abandoned chair.
