During the December break, I had the chance to go to the Maldives with my friends. With all the time we had there, we did a lot of swimming and water sports. One thing which took almost the majority of our time were the different amount of sports we were able to do on the island. Whenever we had the time, there was not once when we did not seize the moment to go do some exercise.

One of the sports that we played the most was football, as we almost had the entire pitch to ourselves. During the morning and afternoons, we would usually be occupied with other things. However, around 4:30 we would go to the field and join the staff who would play a match every day. Even when the game ended and everyone left, we would stay back and play in the night with the floodlights on.

To change things up a bit and to add some variety, we would also play as many racket games as possible. After eating breakfast, we always went to the games room and played a couple of games of ping pong between the four of us. Thankfully, we had a fantastic squash and badminton court of us to use. There were times when we would even play with the family of our friend and get overly competitive in doubles.

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Finally, the game which we were dedicated to most was volleyball. Every day, we would play with the staff on the resort, who were very good and friendly. They were very encouraging and helpful, which made it very enjoyable to play with them. This was the moment that we were mainly looking forward to every day, as we could play and have fun while socializing.