On Easter Monday, hundreds of revellers who had travelled to the lakeside with their families and friends to have fun were crowded into the Abono hamlet, which serves as the entrance to Lake Bosomtwe in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region.
Some arrived as early as 6 a.m. to avoid the yearly crowds and hustle at the lake entrance.
From the major checkpoint to the lake, the whole length of the asphalt, single, and sloping road was at a full standstill.
Traffic
Apart from those who arrived in their own cars, passengers in commercial buses exited their stalled vehicles and completed the remaining portion of the journey, which took less than an hour, on foot to reach the shore.
The smaller ones, who occasionally became restless after a long walk and need some assistance to enable them to complete the trek, had to be carried on the shoulders of the adults.
Without the continuing dualization of the Kuntenase to Abono road, which connects the lake, the traffic problem may have gotten worse.
When the news team visited the lake, one of the world's largest, on Monday, there was none of the normal long-length traffic gridlock that has previously characterised the stretch.
Beaches
Contrary to Accra and other coastal cities where residents could, in their free time, spend some time at the beaches with their family and friends, Kumasi residents—and, to a greater extent, the entire region—are deprived of that, and Lake Bosomtwe has instead become the preferred alternative for the people.
In reality, most locals missed Lake Bosomtwe when the unique COVID-19 epidemic was at its worst and public meetings were banned to stop the virus's transmission and contact between people.
When he spoke with the Daily Graphic, one of the attendees screamed, "Oh COVID-19, why did you rob us of our pleasure." He claimed he travelled there from Kumawu to celebrate Easter Monday at the lakeside.
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