Liberia shows a range of abandoned buildings and ships with historical legacy and tourist potential
More than six years ago, on my first and only trip to Doha, Qatar, I experienced negative impressions of a city with huge skyscrapers, brand new buildings without any personality. And that’s what I remember now that I’m about to leave Liberia, where I have good feelings for being a country with fantastic hidden places and surprises. And among them, the hundreds of monumental elements that, due to the civil war or the slow path of development, have been abandoned. Hotels, ships, factories and many houses are deteriorating, deforming and blackening while time passes. Each one has its story: tragic, curious or even funny. They are part of the Liberian landscape. Some of them are inhabited by squatters. In others, some people get profits after charging fees to tourists. And all are public and visible, joining the slow rebirth of a punished country, hoping that one day the government or a private companies will rebuild or collapse forever. But meanwhile, probably for a long time, they will continue to give us an attractive visual.
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