this is awesome! can you share more about tour guide that you use to get to those areas? I'd love to return to kiev one of these days and check out chernobyl. My last visit to kiev was a bit of a hit or miss, its a completely different world once you get into eastern europe!
@motoengineer Yes you should definitely return to the Ukraine, in my opinion Chernobyl is the most interesting place in the country today. My guide Igor was from a company called Kiev Tours. There are many tour operators based in Kiev, they do all the paperwork before and during your tour of the area. Eastern Europe is a very unique place, such a different way of life from Western European nations.