Past Simple or Present Perfect?
It is Saturday and finally I 1) ………… (arrive) in Arequipa in the south-west corner of Peru after setting off from Quito ten days ago. I 2) ………… (not/write) anything on my blog since last week and I 3) ………… (already/fill up) the memory stick on my new digital camera. I 4) ……….. (do) so much this week, it 5) ………… (be) truly incredible.
I 6) ………… (cross) the border with Ecuador at Tumbes and 7) ………… (look around) for a bit before taking a plane straight to Lima. When I 8) …………. (get to) Lima, I 9) ………… (take) a bus to the centre and then a taxi to the hotel that I had booked. I 10) ………… (only/stop off) in Lima for a day and then 11) ……… (jump) on a bus straight down to Pisco and then Nazca. I 12) ………… (always/have) a lifelong ambition to see the Nazca lines in the desert. I can honestly say that I 13) ………… (never/see) anything so amazing in my life.
In the middle of the desert, there are huge designs and drawings of shapes and animals that can only be seen from the air. I 14) ………… (join) a group of five people from my hotel. We 15) ………… (take off) in a small plane and 16) ………… (circle) the Nazca lines. The pilot 17) ………… (tilt) the plane to the side so we could look straight down at the designs below. I 18) ………… (even/manage) to take some photos so click the link to have a look at my photo album! I must finish uploading all my photos soon because I 19) ………… (not/do) them all yet and I need the space on my camera. There 20) ………… (be) too many distractions this week! With all this going on, I mustn’t forget that I am going to Cuzco early tomorrow morning by train.

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