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Surf Town Liberia
It’s easy to forget how good we have it. For most of us, our worries don’t run much farther than where to go surf on the weekend. Things are a lot harder in the developing world, though, and Myles Estey and Sean Brody give us a glimpse of surf culture emerging in a place where it’s a serious struggle just to get by.
Quey Pu Nah!
(Vai translation: Big sea wave come!)
N E W Y O R K T I M E S :
Travel Section- “On Liberia’s Shore, Catching a New Wave”
Photography: Sean Brody
Text: Helene Cooper
WE were less than 30 minutes from our destination of Robertsport, home to Liberia’s nascent surfing scene, and gliding along what one local had accurately described as “the best dirt road in the country.”
Liberia has been war-free for six years now. A fledgling tourism industry is taking shape. There are a handful of nice hotels — and even a couple of luxe ones — in the capital of Monrovia now, with more under construction. There are tour companies offering trips to see chimpanzees and hippos in wildlife sanctuaries up country. And there are a few hearty souls finally trying to take advantage of the country’s 350 miles of lush, white shoreline…
