Continuing along with my theme of wanting to visit unusual places that no (or not many) people I know have visited while experiencing a different culture and learning something at the same time I have booked my trip for 2013. In 6 weeks I will be flying to Ukraine to […]
Category: 2013 Kiev & Chernobyl
A trip to Ukraine to visit Kiev and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exclusion zone.
Welcome to Kiev
I’ve made it to Kiev, and am loving the temperature so far. It’s been a long and exhausting couple of days even though I haven’t really done anything but I’m relaxing in my room at the Rus Hotel right now and think I’m going to sleep well tonight. The journey […]
A long day in Kiev
After a great buffet breakfast this morning we all met downstairs in the hotel lobby ready to head out for our tour of Kiev. Our first stop was St Michael’s Monastery, which is one of the sights you see in all the photos of Kiev, and within a few minutes […]
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
I rose fairly early today to make sure I was ready for our departure to Chernobyl. One of my bad habits when travelling on a trip where I use my normal suitcase rather than my 65 litre rucksack is that I still live out of the bag – and since […]
Exploring Pripyat
Before heading to breakfast this morning there was time to pet the hotel cat while waiting for our guide and minibus to arrive from outside the zone. He seemed to love the company so I guess there aren’t many visitors to the hotel although from the feel of various cuts […]
Visiting a Kiev Shooting Range
One thing I discovered online while researching things to do on the final spare day in Kiev is the possibility to visit a shooting range outside of the city. I’m far from being a gun enthusiast, and in fact I’m proud that I live in a country where people don’t […]
Back home from Chernobyl
I’m back home from my short but amazing trip to Ukraine to see Kiev and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. This isn’t the sort of trip that I usually go on as it was mostly all planned in advance but as I said at the start of the blog I like […]
My Chernobyl Blog is online
I’m happy to post that my blog from my recent trip to Ukraine to visit Kiev and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone that I took with Regent Holidays is finally online. This blog is taken straight from my notes that were written while in the country but took […]