 This is Dukal Continental Hotel located on the highest point of Morrovia, 1,000 feet above the sea level. It is the very first five-star and the oldest hotel ever built in Africa. Now you will see the beauty of Morrovia, the heart of the city and of course you will enjoy yourself. It is of touristic nature, it is of cultural nature, it is of environmental nature. This is Liberia. The oldest republic in Africa. And this is the highest peak in Morrovia. Daddy, thank you so much for bringing me into the hearts of Morrovia. Why the name Morrovia? Well, as you may know, Morrovia James Morro, the capital city, but the initial name for Morrovia was Christopolis, meaning city of Christ. Then, of course, in 1835, Maserado County, they have the name after President James Morro, the fifth president, because of his contribution towards the coming of the slave to Africa and his helping in putting the government into place. Wow, let's take a walk. We are currently at the oldest five-star hotel ever built in Africa. Now it's abandoned, right? But I just want to know, who built this hotel? Well, this is owned, it was owned by government, but this hotel was built by the Pan-American Airways in 1954. The engineer for this hotel was Prince Neil and Israeli fellow was the engineer. And of course, in the 80s, in the 50s, in whatsoever unit, it was the top leading hotel. 1979, my son, when Labira hosted the OU Conference, 1979, there was the Neve Center, there was the Balling Point. Though we have beside this hotel, we have another hotel in Virginia, which is called Hotel Africa, which has 210 rooms and this one has close to 500 rooms, exclusive of the offices that are here. Well, what is the height of this hotel? Because I feel like it's the tallest building in the city. It is, of course it is the tallest, but it is located on the highest peak in Moravia. It is above, the area is above 1000 feet above the sea level. Wow, so standing here you can see entire Moravia. Look at the beauty, like you guys, you have no idea what we see in here, when the beauty in here, this is the Atlantic Ocean. That is the Atlantic Ocean. But is Moravia surrounded by? Of course, Moravia is almost on the island, it is surrounded by water. The Atlantic Ocean on the north, in the south, and of course in the north is Mercerado River or Stockton Creek and on the other side we have the do all over. We are surrounded by water as you can see from this point. Wow, the historic city of Moravia. Historic city of Moravia. Which means that this city is really historic. Yeah, it is a historic. So much rich history. Yeah, so much rich history. In fact before 1822. It's my first time here. I don't know whether you were around when they built this. Would you ever see it when you were building it? No, when they were operating it I never saw it. But when they got through to completing it, I was, I worked here, OU Conference 79 as a tour guide. I used to carry the visitors around. I was assigned at RIE at the airport, receiving guests from the airport, tourists from the airport. And then I was assigned on board the floating ship hotel that was here assisting the hotel in Virginia, Hotel Africa. But I brought some tourists here. It was a beautiful place. It was almost like a paradise in Africa. I heard there is a duplicate of this hotel in Ivory Coast. Yes, yes. Felix, the late Felix Hofebwajian of Ivory Coast. The late Kenya President Jumon Kenyatta, they took the model from here and carried it to their various countries because they saw this place was very beautifully built. Wow. And why is it abandoned? Why is it abandoned? You know, it is due to the war. We fought 40 years of civil war. And it is how it is like this. But the government is trying. Some people, during early selling administration, Gaddafi tried but he felt he came with his other thing and ensure some investors are now investing to see that it get in place. This of course, when it is built, it will provide job opportunity for the Liberian people and other foreigners. And of course, it will add value to our accommodation sector. It will add value to the tourism sector of the Republic of Liberia. What we pray and hope for is this government has, the government is giving people the something to build and invest in this hotel. So as a result, they are always advertising to people to come and invest in this area. But I'm sure, I'm of the conviction that somebody on the ground engaged this facility to rebuild it, to rebuild the hotel. It's in an added area. As you can see, you can see the executive mansion. You can see the capital hill. You can see the Ministry of Information. Of course, you can see everything here. In the northern part of it, building Hotel Dukor is the slum town of West Point. Above West Point, there we have our, the harbour, the free port of Morrovia, which was built in 1944 by President Thotman, which is the gateway to Liberia's economy. And to the western, to the southern part, we have the diplomatic enclave of Mamma Point. And to the eastern part, we have the central Morrovia out of the city. And to the western part, there we have Virginia. Or from there on the Atlantic Ocean, you can go straight to Sierra Leone, so this is how it is like. Of course, indeed, a beautiful place that needs government attention. This is the rest of the water. Dry season, when dry season comes, it's very hard to get water. So water and sewer connect a pipe from the rest of the water here. Surrounding the locals come here to get water from here. Water from here? But they should have been the rest of the water. I feel like this should be renovated because it's too strong. The building is too strong. This is how it is. But the government trying, we put up to investors to come and invest in today. Even the hotel Africa. Hotel Africa. If you have money out there and you think that you can invest in this structure, make sure you go see the... Who should they see, the president? Well, we have the president executive. We have people in the parliament that are responsible for such things. And we have the investment commission area. People contact them. Possible people that can... Because it's beautiful. If you check the surrounding, I can't imagine those days how it looks like. Oh my goodness. That's like in New York. Wow, amazing. This place really looks luxury. So I wanted to know who are the people who used to come in here. The head of state like Halle Salasse came here. Halle Sufabanya came here. Even Seputuri. Including Queen Elizabeth. As you know, this was built during Totman administration. Totman was elected in 1944. He was the 18th president. And it was that time that they built this structure. And of course a lot of dignitaries and even musicians came here. This is one of the double rooms here. The double room here. This is the bathroom. And you can see here. Wow. That's the bathroom there. Interesting. This was the bathroom. There was the bathroom. Okay. Everything. Everything. So I want to say thank you so much for educating me and also the entire public about this place. Is there any final message that you have for everyone? Well, I just want to tell the people thank you too for promoting Liberia tourism industry. For promoting the entire country. And I just want to urge you people when you go let them come and see Liberia. Come and experience Liberia. We are very friendly people. And as you may have on BBC Liberia was rated the number one in the whole of Africa for being so friendly, hospitality. And we were rated the number eight in the whole world for being so hospitality. We have all natural attractions in Liberia. You are welcome. We receive tourists every other day in Liberia. The entire forty five for the three thousand square miles tourism potential. We have accommodation. We have transportation. You name it. Thank you very much. And all you need to do is to book your ticket. And whenever you book your ticket, you come to Liberia. Make sure you come and visit the famous Duka Palace Hotel. Thank you so much for watching. Don't forget to like, share, leave a comment and let me know. You actually enjoy this episode. I am more to come from the oldest republic in Africa. Peace out. I pledge allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of Liberia and to the Republic for which it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. We are hospitality people. We are hospitable people in Liberia. You are welcome. You are welcome.