Chernobyl Journey What if it happen here?

The stone road. We are on the border, the sign welcome us in all sixteen languages of former republics of Soviet Union. newer maps: LAND OF THE WOLVES appears like a big gap. Deserted towns, villages as well as the roads removed from maps. They do not want some occasional driver to appear on roads which may not be environmentally safe.

The borderline is wide. The land is not worth fighting for it. If we take from main road and travel along the borderline, we'll pass through dead villages and will never know in which country we are.

What really happened – radioactive pollution Changing wind patterns spread the radioactive cloud all over Europe Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and other regions were contaminated as well April 26th, April 27th,12.00 April 27th, April 29th, Source: UNESCEAR Report, New York 2000; Annex J.

Our Journey We travel as long as asphalt road last and then leaving vehicle and continue walking by foot. No need to worry about leaving car or motorcycle, no one will find it, there are as many chances to meet someone here as to meet someone on Antarctica.

Road sign show the distance to some village. The forest- the birds flew away along time ago…

This is the nestling box. Starlings flew away long time ago. Belorussian zone of exclusion is called,- radiation ecological forest reserve. Most of the villages are out of way. Many have no roads, the only way to get there is driving some tractor or walking by foot.

Standing on the roof of the highest building in this empty town brings a feeling of being completely alone in the world - like this whole town is. They call it a town where time stands still. Maybe it is because the clocks here don't measure time - they measure radiation levels.

There is no phone service. Cellular phones don't work either.

The day after the accident, this place on the bridge provided a good view of the gaping crack in the nuclear containment vessel that was ruptured by the explosion. Many curious people came here to have a look and were bathed in a flood of deadly x-rays emanating directly from the glowing nuclearcore.

Kindergarten. Photos are of the town kindergarden, they don't need my comments, they speak for themselves.