Christmas is here again, and many travel to meet their loved ones.
The national capital, Accra, is currently filled with human movements and traffic.
On Saturday, major lorry terminals in Accra got flooded with passengers travelling to other parts of the country for the Christmas holidays.
Usually, such scenes are witnessed on December 24, the eve of Christmas.
However, most of the prospective travellers The Ghana Report team spoke to on its rounds said they chose to travel on December 23 to avoid being caught in the congestion at the terminals on Christmas Eve.
Last Saturday, a visit to the V.I.P Jeoun Transport Services and Intercity STC Coaches Limited at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange enclave saw several passengers waiting for buses to convey them to Tamale, Kumasi, Cape Coast and other destinations.
At the VIP Station, most of the travellers were Kumasi-bound. As of 10 a.m., when The Ghana Report visited the station, three buses loaded passengers to Kumasi simultaneously.
Some passengers stated that Christmas was an opportunity to spend quality time with their families.
Others said they were taking advantage of the holidays to rest at home and attend to family issues.
“I am going to Kumasi to spend time with my extended family,” Emmanuel Badu said.
Emmanuel added that he was hopeful the new year would be a better one for Ghanaians.
Another traveller said she had sought permission from her employer to travel on December 23 instead of December 24 to avoid being stranded.
“Usually, we break from work on December 24, and I travel on the same day because I want to be at home with my family on Christmas.
“Last year, I got stranded, as there were no buses.
“This time, I want to avoid that, and so I asked permission from my boss to travel early,” Abena Osei, who was travelling to Cape Coast, said.
Mr Daniel Koomson, who was waiting at the terminal to travel to Bolgatanga, also said that though things were tight, he could not afford not to visit his family outside the capital.
Meanwhile, motor riders, popularly known as Okada, took advantage of the heavy vehicular traffic in town to cash in on business.
Some people who decided to walk due to the vehicular traffic were seen patronising the Okadas, which were parked at the side of the road.
Motorbikes were the order of the day as they were considered the fastest means of transportation since they could evade the traffic.