About 9 AM. We were picked up at Diplomat hotel, few minutes from Kiev’s train terminal. Group consisted of 6 people. Me, my girlfriend, 2 people from Australia, 2 from Ireland. Photo is taken while still in Kiev, around west side of the city

Power plant is located approximately 65 miles (110km) from Kiev. It took us about 2 hours to get to first checkpoint. Drive was relatively slow, and you would see tractors, horse-drawn carriages with villagers. Here we are passing one of villages on the way to the zone. Life goes on as usual for people here. New houses constructed, new stores opened. Still about 40 miles to the zone from this point.

Stay tuned for more. Got more photos from another camera and should sort/post them, plus there are some from my photos that remain to be posted. Check around 10/5 for more!

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I was surprised to find glass here intact. When you walk around the place that has glass everywhere you step, I didn’t expect any to survive. Looks like a storage room

The motor for the same elevator.

Circuitry for the elevator you saw in previous photo.

Birch tree growing on a top floor of the hotel. Very artistic photo.

Snow effect disappeared as suddenly as it came. From now on, shots are clear. So here’s the clear Main Square shot

Looking towards the big dipper. Not a lot can be seen, due to trees slowly taking things over. The black building, which can be barely seen going towards big dipper has all the May 1st posters. That building is no longer safe, and as much as I wanted to go there, guide said that it’s just not possible

View of the main square from the roof of the hotel. View also shows how many buildings are in the city and how big the place is.