AvatarA Luxury Travel BlogAvatarAvatar“Double-testing” for Covid-19 in west Africa is significantly driving up travel costsverified_publisherQuartz - Dounard BondoIn 2019, Andrew, a Liberian missionary and businessman based in Nigeria could buy a round trip ticket from Lagos to Monrovia at $450-$500. In 2021, that same ticket now costs $650-$700. In addition, Andrew now spends an extra $300, almost 50% of his ticket price, on mandatory Covid-19 tests for a …
AvatarA Luxury Travel BlogAvatarAvatarHow a Trip to Liberia Changed My Relationship With My FatherThe Wall Street Journal. - Bowdeya TwehIt took 32 years and a trip to a different continent to see my father clearly for the first time. In January 2019, I arrived at a hotel in the Liberian capital of Monrovia just after 12:30 a.m., following a two-stop, daylong trans-Atlantic journey with my sister Meah. Although exhausted, I was eager …
AvatarA Luxury Travel BlogFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoInside Liberia’s abandoned luxury hotelbbc.co.ukInside the ruins of one of Africa’s first 5-star hotels Inside the ruins of one of Africa’s first 5-star hotelsClose The Ducor hotel in Monrovia, Liberia, used to attract the world's rich and famous. Could it still play a part in Liberia's future? Video produced by Trystan Young and Daniel South.