Tony's Ukraine Photo Journal

"Staring into space, digesting food--or sweating out vodka. Hard to say." 'Anthony Bourdain

Tony and his friend Zamir Gotta take a trip to the Ukraine, a former Soviet Republic that struggles to thrive and prosper as a democratic nation. They enter the 'exclusion zone' around the shrouded Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (shown here), and tour an abandoned amusement park in the nearby ghost town of Pripayat.

"Wonder Wheel in the deserted town of Priapat, near Chernobyl." -Anthony Bourdain

'The disaster explained.' -Anthony Bourdain

'Please don't ask me to explain Zamir's sailor suit. It's from his days with the Russian version of the Village People.' -Anthony Bourdain