Around Europe/ Asia in a Shorty

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Today we got stuck yet again!! this place is killing me. but we do enjoy waterfalls and that makes it all better

Waterfalls and Winches < WrongTurn.com.au

When will it end? We leave Ivano-Frankivsk at a decent hour, and all fresh from the hotel we stayed in. Our goal today, find a way through the mountains to a nice waterfall to camp at. We motor south enjoy the cool air, it’s a slightly overcast day but that is fine, it only rains […]

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We visit the house of scientists in Lviv:

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We seem some Big Ol Bunkers. lol. and even the tunnel of love.. naughty naughty days.

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We visit the soviet space museum, certified space cadets now!!

Space Cadets < WrongTurn.com.au

I have no idea what airplane it is, but it was cool so we stopped quickly to see it, this is the start to an exciting day. We visit the space museum, from the very start its cool, copies of sputnik on display, Asareh gets to meet wall-E and I am allow to touch stuff. […]

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We see Satan in person....

Bomb Away - Part 1 < WrongTurn.com.au

This is a 2 part blog, and I will start with our day, go into just the outside area around the bunker and then blog 2 will continue inside the bunker as there were way to many photos taken. We get up early as we have made plans and stop in town for brekky, we […]

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And now for part 2 inside the bunker

Bombs Away - Part 2 < WrongTurn.com.au

Now where were we, oh ya, its crazy hot out so lets go downstairs, like down down, 6m wide silos sunk into the ground 1 for the workers, 2 at a time and the other for the sleeping giant. The workers would take 48 hours shifts in the bunkers, just 2 at a time. And […]

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We arrive in Kyiv and drop the wagon off for a few little upgrades

Arriving in Kyiv < WrongTurn.com.au

Not much to do today except chill and drop the wagon off for some work and the mechanics, now its not there due to being unreliable. This company redoes steering wheels in leather and I also need my clock spring replaced plus a few niggling bits. Mainly preventative maintenance to ensure the...

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My next few blogs will take a bit of time as its a series on Chernobyl.

But the start page is done and up. may have part 1 finished tonight.

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In part 1 of the Chernobyl series we will visit outside of the town and surrounds, including the Duga radar.

Chernobyl Part 1: Outside The City < WrongTurn.com.au

Loaded in the van in the morning we set out, Out first stop along the way will be for the entry checkpoint, no photos here, but they take your passports and check you in. this is where you receive your first radiation meter to monitor you. We never did get the results from this meter. […]

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Part 2 - Inside Pripyat

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Part 3 - The vehicle used


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We visit the power plant outside the sarcophagus in this blog

Chernobyl Part 4 - Outside The Sarcophagus < WrongTurn.com.au

Our second day seen most of our time spent in the actual powerplant itself. As I said before, it was in operation as a nuclear plant until 2001, but is still in use today, as pictures will show, for use as a sub-station. We started our tour with entering through side doors, where we are […]

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Last chapter, Inside Control room 4

Chernobyl Part 5 - Inside The Sarcophagus < WrongTurn.com.au

After we finished in the substation, it was time to head to control room 4, the room where it all happened. We continue walking down the golden mile through more full body scanners for radiation and move into rougher hallways, hallways that run along the original sarcophagus. We enter through a...

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Little lazy today, so mainly just photos, but we are back in Kyiv in this chapter.

Churches and Chillin < WrongTurn.com.au

Back in town, I will add they took our monitors away before we arrived… so maybe there is some residual levels we don’t need to know about? Either way we are back in town and ready for some museums! Well, more like a day in the park and we add museums to it. Our first […]

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I take the wagon back to Turkey on my own

Let's Roll < WrongTurn.com.au

With Asareh loaded into an uber, I pack the rest of our stuff into the wagon and aim south, well sorta south, This blog will cover my 2 day drive as I head south towards Odessa. Starting with me leaving town I head towards Pereiaslav and then turn further south. My goal is to cross […]

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