{"id":178533,"date":"2016-01-03T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=178533"},"modified":"2016-01-03T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T13:00:10","slug":"the-beach-side-of-the-festive-season-in-takoradi-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=178533","title":{"rendered":"The beach-side of the festive season in Takoradi [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For those\u00a0living along the coastal parts of Ghana, festive seasons are simply beach times.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_144842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-178563\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_144842.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160101_144842\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christmas and New Year holidays are times for family and friends to climax the year in style at the beach. They throng to the shores in their numbers to make the best out of the season. They wine and dine and swim.<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_145002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-178564\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_145002.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160101_145002\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Takoradi, some of the beaches are neatly prepared such that all categories of people visiting them enjoy the serenity of the atmosphere.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_144804.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-178561\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_144804.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160101_144804\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are summer huts with chairs and tables for families and loved ones at some of the beaches. Others appear normal\u00a0as any other beach.<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_144910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-178572\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_144910.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160101_144910\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In festive times such as the one that went by, the beaches become places for games\u00a0such as football, volley ball and athletics for both the young and old.<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_150537.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-178571\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_150537.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160101_150537\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sounds of younger children fill the\u00a0air as they are guided to swim and play in the sea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_145351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-178565 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_145351.jpg\" alt=\"Patrons enjoying Takoradi beaches over the festive period\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others in their attempt to make keep memorable images of the day, are seen taking photos. Some hawkers equally take advantage of the day to\u00a0make some sales. \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_150738.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-178566\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_150738.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160101_150738\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Knowing fully the risk involved in swimming, personnel from the Marine Police Division of the Ghana Police Service are deployed during the period to ensure the safety of merry makers.<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_151458.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-178560\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_20160101_151458.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20160101_151458\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why don\u2019t you visit the West side [Western Region] for your next New Year or Christmas season or vacation? Remember, the best they say, \u00a0comes from the west.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo\/citifmonline.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those\u00a0living along the coastal parts of Ghana, festive seasons are simply beach times.\u00a0 Christmas and New Year holidays are times for family and friends to climax the year in style at the beach. They throng to the shores in their numbers to make the best out of the season. They wine and dine and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-showbiz","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178533\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}