I’ve just arrived in Odesa and is spending some time in the lobby. In an hour I will go to a pub with live-music so I have some time to spend on the blog.

Driving down to Odesa I made some reflections on the Chernobyl-visit. The guide told us that Chernobyl was chosen by travellers as the world’s top ten rare attractions, just 10 000 visitors a year is the limit. Feels good having seen it and even better as it is supposed to be closed and probably demolished in the next ten years.

That is very understandable, the place is absolutely not safe. Of course you have radiation, that I was aware of. But we went into buildings with glass from broken windows all over the place. The didn’t stop us doing small trips by our self etc. I found a broken lift.

And I could easily just jumped down… 

Here is a picture showing the glass.

But still, this was the fantastic thing with this trip, nothing was cleaned up for visitors. The whole thing would not have made the same impression on me if there would have been signs and restrictions. But I really understand that this will not go on for ever.

One thing I found beside the tour was the inventory behind the theatre. I think the celebrated for instance first of may there. All the signs and posters showing old communists leaders.

The most impressive place for me was the school. In the mensa the whole floor was cover with gas-masks. Gas-masks for children. No one used them.

To see a classroom with books laying in the floor is a poor sight.

Even when the books are about communist stuff.

I loved all the posters showing what to do in crisis situations, I think I will make som for my school back home 😉

To finish this up, I show you a picture that catches the strange feeling of this ghost town, I wonder who this woman in the photo is? Did she live in the town. So many things were just left as they were told they all would come back in a couple of days.