# Posted 6:56 AM by Patrick Belton
DRIVING AROUND CHERNOBYL: I'd just written two somewhat critical posts and hadn't really wanted to leave for the library on a downward note - so if you hadn't yet had a chance to read
Elena's diary of motorcycle rides through the Chernobyl dead zone, where she brings her digital camera, you really should. She brings a geiger counter and a quick wit with her everywhere, and has some poignant portraits of ghost towns, cities abandoned in midday, and a small (and quickly dwindling) number of occasional villagers who have refused to leave their homes and lifestyles.
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Ed: You call that cheerful? Sure, her journal and wit, not Chernobyl itself.
Oh, I see now)
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