Complete with the Present Perfect, Present Perfect progressive or Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

I .......(always like) travelling and experiencing new things, which is why , two months ago, I .....(decide) to try something different. For the past five years, Mark, a friend of mine, ..... (travel) to different countries while working at the same time. So far, he .....(visit) ten different countries, including countries like Finland and Argentina. I ..... (choose) to go to New Zealand. I ..... (work) here for two months now and I feel that it's a unique way to learn about a different culture without spending a lot of money. I'm working on a horse farm and I .....(learn) how to take care of horses, as well as how to ride a horse, of course!

I ..... (never/live) on a farm before , so this experience ..... (be) very educational for me. For the past few days, I ..... (think) about where to go next year. I think that South America sounds very interesting.