YOU SAID:
We went there not so long ago and then we went recently
INTO JAPANESE
私たちはそれほど前にそこに行きませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
We didn't go there so long ago
INTO JAPANESE
私たちはずっと前にそこに行きませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
We didn't go there long ago
INTO JAPANESE
私たちはずっと前にそこに行きませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
We didn't go there long ago
That didn't even make that much sense in English.