Read the text. Then complete 1-10 with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

I recently (1) (take) an unusual trip around the world with my best friend. For twelve months, we (2) (not get) on a plane or a helicopter once. We (3) (explore) 30 countries on six continents and (4) (go) by camel, bike, boat, bus and train. While we (5) (be) away, we met all kinds of interesting people. For example, while we (6) (travel) on the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Irkutsk, we (7). (make) friends with some fishermen from Finland. Another great thing about our slow trip was that we (8) (have) the time to learn new skills. For instance, while we (9) (sail) from Singapore to Australia on a ten-day boat trip, some Mexican back-packers (10) (teach) us Spanish. It really was the most interesting trip we'd ever taken.​