Translation of continuous in Spanish

I am trying to learn Spanish because Spanish is becoming more and more important in the USA because of immigrants. Especially here in Texas. I used to live in Nevada for many years. Boring place, gotta tell ya.
And off we went. It took a us only a few minutes to reach the village. Funnily my wife fell asleep as she was still tired of the flight. It has been more than twenty eight hours without sleep.
We overflew beautiful, huge mountain ranges (Andes) just before landing in Cusco. The small domestic airport of Cusco immediately gives you the feeling that you arrived at the right place.