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(continued from "Return to Chornobyl")
Our last tour stop was a small village where a few dozen elderly residents have been allowed to return "illegally". Opachichi is as peaceful and quaint a village as we've seen in Ukraine. Over seventy villages like this were evacuated. Like in Prypiat, everyone was told to take their money and three days of clothes. After suffering for well over a decade away from their home,some old people have been allowed to return. They have even coaxed a few storks to return to Obachichi. Villages throughout Ukraine try to lure storks as symbols of good luck. I wonder, maybe the storks had not yet returned from their Indian Winter 14 years ago for the luck back then was not good.
Marianne and I took lots of pictures (# 9 and after) in Obachichi and, even if we do say so ourselves, they are pretty good. At least for us, they capture both the feeling of emptiness and an old peace and character. So, tomorrow, with those pictures and no narration, we will end our Earth Day tour.
Stay in touch,
John and Marianne Trotter
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Originally sent April 21, 2000. Reformatted for we May 20, 2001.
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