1. Assel told us that he was writing a book about the travels of the Moroccan explorer ibn Battuta
2. Llyas and Maxim said that they always read online reviews before they booked a holiday
3. Jake said that he had never tried koumiss before
4. The reporter said that in 2017, about five milion people had travelled to Kazakhstan
5. The tourists said that they would buy some souvenirs from the bazaar
6. Yerzhan told his sister that he had lost the guidebook that she had given to him