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2 years ago
This place easily captures ones imagination.
In the dead zone we didn’t encounter eight-legged frogs, giant grown trees or mutant children. But the breathtaking silence was more we could have ever imagined for. It’s hard nót to make a fantasy out of this place.
Back home in Holland there was some extensive and outraged media coverage about the Ukrainian Government turning Chernobyl and its post-nuclear landscape into a hotspot for tourism. Having been there we know this was of course complete nonsense. In Kiev it was almost a mission impossible to find a travel-agency who could help us get into the restricted zone around Chernobyl.
In the dead zone we didn’t encounter eight-legged frogs, giant grown trees or mutant children. But the breathtaking silence was more we could have ever imagined for. It’s hard nót to make a fantasy out of this place.
Back home in Holland there was some extensive and outraged media coverage about the Ukrainian Government turning Chernobyl and its post-nuclear landscape into a hotspot for tourism. Having been there we know this was of course complete nonsense. In Kiev it was almost a mission impossible to find a travel-agency who could help us get into the restricted zone around Chernobyl.
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The game "Stalker: shadow of chernobyl" Also features alot in this footage. That vehicle junkyard features as a place called 'Garbage' in it. Never realised it was a real site til now :o
Secondly, however, I found the audio track mixed with this video really quite incredibly jarring and annoying. It started good with the ambiance from about 00:00 to around 02:00 -ish but parts like 02:10 really got to me and, quite frankly, pissed me right off, lol.
I just didn't think it suited the mood of the piece and as I said, thought it was quite jarring overall. I really just wanted to immerse myself in the image and continue to listen to ambiance, to be honest.
Really can't stress enough how annoying I found it, otherwise though, really great vid, definitely cool and very interesting.
Cheers,
Rig ;D
Groet,
Dirk
Bedankt voor je reactie.
Wij hebben ter plaatsen in Kiev geregeld dat wij er konden gaan filmen. Er zijn daar meerdere bureaus / reisorganisaties (het klinkt misschien raar ; ) en het is betrekkelijk gemakkelijk, kost wel een paar dagen voordat het officieel is geregeld. Wel erg handig dat je in Kiev een gids hebt want er spreken maar heel erg weinig mensen goed engels.
Instead of this the images are precious, this video is amazing !
Thanks Rene