My last video from Zanzibar, and also apparently my longest one yet! I unintentionally created a damn movie for this one. Enjoy this strange journey in Mandarin and Swahili through rural mosques, Soviet architecture, medicine doctors and lots and lots of mavi. Good to be back
Because our leaders are selfish and do nothing but try to divide us based on religion, race, ethnicity, social status, sexuality, etc. The people of the world have a lot more in common than our leaders do.
I love this guy and I appreciate his respect and love for the people. I also appreciate the fact that he doesn’t let people try to get over on him. And let’s not talk abt how he speaks so many different languages. This guy is amazing
I hate to admit this but all the other Americans who are black who moved to Dar, you out did them. You cared a lot more about the learning the culture and it shows. You are real deal much respect kaka. I'll be there may 26. Hopefully we can link up
@@thekinginvestor47 if you think the quality of a person is defined by their skin color than you’re racist. “Stay in your lane” 🙄. I wasn’t even trying to talk down to you in the first place.
I have only been to like 7 states in total and most are in south east, never left the country. I am also missing out, I hate it . I wish currency wasn't so vital to have experiences like this
Love your authentic “raw” vlogs. Very much appreciate being able to travel with you. Please keep up the positive fraternal vibes. The world needs you more than ever ! Salama ndugu- from Canada.
Just discovered your channel a week ago and I have watched a bunch of your videos. I have to say you have big balls going to the places you go but I appreciate the raw experience you give through your videos, thank you and much respect to you
Bao is a common player in zanzibar. 10:00 a boy has answers your questions very well. Those building and others located at Michenzani, Kilimani in Unguja Island and others located at Pemba Island were built by the first president of zanzibar the late Karume who then told the residents to stay freely during that time.
I think my accent was worse than usual in this one 😂 You'll have to leave behind chipsi mayai/zege to go to New York, but you'll get to try New York pizza for the first time in exchange
@@SabbaticalTommy I heard you speaking russian on the russian beach episode. You sounded natural to me. I hope you can make it to a russian speaking country soon. That would be good content and practice for you
Stumbled upon this channel idk how or why but literally launched this on my 65” and me and wifey watched back to back videos. I hope VICE or some network picks you up. You seem so chill and really had us engaged and you editing is awesome. Keep going “white man” lol
I loved the video! As a swahili teacher, i can't help myself not to improve your swahili. -Mwalimu wa* Kiswahili sio ya kiswahili :) -Unachota maji? (more correctly than unapata maji) -You like to use Mbalimbali for different, you can also use tofauti e.g tofauti tofauti :) -Jengo hili* lina miaka mingapi? sio jengo hii (keep reading on noun classes :) -Inaitwaje? better than unasemaje hii kwa kiswahili... -jina lako ni nani* sio nini :) nani - who, nini - what -Unaweza kunishikia? to mean please hold it for me, sio kuninunua means to buy me? -Sina magonjwa or siumwi to mean i am not sick sio sina mgonjwa which means I have no patient -24:10 At the Kigaeni beach, Hamidi was trying to explain about mothers who make ropes using makumbi but at first I thought it was sisal. They beat the makumbi to get rope ( Kina mama wanapiga kamba) - Mtaani means at the streets "yupo huko mtaani" he is around, in the streets...village is kijijini but you translated well too could mean he was back in the village, i got that impression as well -Maji - water, maziwa - milk...ng'ombe anataka maji (the cow wants water not milk) haha - Hamidi said inanuka meaning it smells / stinks like the poo, not you could fall into it :) Lastly, did you say "baki salama?" or what did you say at the end? I couldn't hear it well. Asante for another great video even myself as a Tanzanian, I am learning that Zanzibar is huge not just Nungwi!
Asante mwalimu! I actually said maji in the video, I don't know why I changed it in editing. And I said "maa salama" at the end which is Arabic for goodbye/go in peace (it's Zanzibar, after all). Nitaendelea kusoma!
@@SabbaticalTommy haha sawa! I'm going to watch the new video now with my swahili comments haha okay so maa salama! new swahili vocab to me! first time hearing it. Asante pia!
Salute Tommy, you really explored Zanzibar, I am from Dar es Salaam, I've been to Zanzibar a couple of times but I haven't been to half of the places you visited especially for the natives. Well done 👏🏾
Thank you for the travel vlog. I am fascinated with foreign countries. They have so much culture we can learn from. When I start watching, I "get hooked" on all I see that I have never seen in person before. I traveled around India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh years ago, and I love it. So thanks for giving us the pleasure of traveling with you.
Hey man, I just found your channel on Reddit yesterday and literally as I finished catching up on all your videos, you uploaded this one! You're definitely gonna blow up soon, dude! Keep up the good work
He did not insulted you in Kimakunduchi (local language mainly spoken in Makunduchi). He just tell his friend "keep playing buddy , you also counted mine before, now you see???!!!!"
@@SabbaticalTommy Actually that was one of Swahili dialect spoken in Unguja Southerneastern ( Hadimu dialect); Just like the KIUNGUJA MJINI dialect you are using to communicate .
Wow, you speak Mandarin as well! Loved the island tour. And since you return to the continent, I can only expect to become more and more interesting. Looking forward for future videos with locals that have never talked with an European prior meeting you. Beautiful channel, very genuine content, thanks for the uploads!
@@AliciaMully I don't know how they met, but most likely when he saw her Tommy started talking in Mandarin and since he was the only guy that new her language they connected and probably decided to travel together a bit.
24:12 "Makumbi" is the fiber-like material from dried coconut husks, it can be used to make rope, "kamba", this type of rope is very common in Zanzibar, it is normally brown in color, many hardware shops sell it, just ask for kamba ya makumbi, you can also google coconut husk rope.
Imagine how nice itd be if SOMEONE just decided to take care of the roads.... Stop, fill in a hole a day.... Make it a community project.... Could maybe even run pipes, and proper power after that.. It starts 1 road at a time.. I see the foriegn hotel owners dont give anything back....... Makes me want to visit. Good video my friend
Most likely the building was East German, just like the Michenzani flats in town. I staid there in 1980 for a few months. There were also North Koreans in the city.
I am really impressed by how multilingual you are! I don't understand any Swahili, but I know mandarin and you can speak pretty good mandarin too! Good job and I enjoy watching your videos!
I do envy people with a talent for languages. It is amazing how you pick them up, I know you study but it seems mush easier than it is for me. Love the videos.
I have enjoyed your vlogs bro!!... Same of your swahili word made me laugh a lot,( unataka kufanya picha 😂) The medicine man was not a witchcraft, he was a traditional medicine docto.Hopefully you will be visiting other part of Tanzania.
@@lovemidou9619 understand my statement: Yes God is in spirit and you can contact him only by holy spirit NOT spirits. Holy spirit dwells in your heart is a person and not persons; and you do not need to do anything or use anything to contact/speak to holy spirit...you communicate within your heart!
@@JOHN16verse33 You make no sense. You see i feel very pity when i see Africans don't know nothing about their spirituality. The way you're talking I'm assuming you're a Christian in the holy bible how many sacrifices you saw Abraham, Jacob, David ,Salomon etc.... did for their God? Did they call the holy spirit inside of them? If Africa is really the birthplace of humanity how come we don't know God before colonization? How come we have to wait for the bible to finish from another race to let us know God? Now tell me how come some Africans can call spirits from earth,sky, water ,fire who teaches them the knowledge they have about herbs, agriculture way of survival before colonization? I find that God is racist if he did something like that left us in the dark for so long . Spirituality is freedom ok .
OMG B&B style!!!! I appreciate your simple low key style so much more! I have watched all his videos. I love the travel but his personality is to be desired.
Thank you for posting these vids about your travels. I always wanted to see more local culter and so on in other countrys. But sinds i cant travel myself i do enjoy postings like these. Take care and plz keep them comming. With warm greetings from Belgium.
3:42 no he didn't insult you. he was speaking swahili but it sound differently, he was telling his opponent about their playing and not to cheat generally.
@@masupildula Kwanini usijifunze Kiswahili ikajua kuna lahaja ngapi kwanza? . Sio kipemba ni kiswahili hicho ila tu si mwenyeji wa Zanzibar wala hilo eneo ndio maana huelewi au! Ni Lahaja ya kihadimu kama wewe unavyoongea KIUNGUJA MJINI!
Whenever i save enough money I always travel internationally and I go places tourists never see, The people are the friendliest and also the poorest but its the best way to see a country by far.
Thank you Tommy. I enjoyed every minute. You might consider Portland, Oregon or San Francisco to make a video. Although they are much more dangerous compared to sub Saharan Africa.
Interesting to watch that area near the sea st the end of the video. If the govt tidy up these areas and beaches it will attract more tourists. Thanks for this video is important to see how other people living in rural zanzibar and areas and old buildings need to renovate, areas to keep clean including roads to be in good condition.
Okay, dude, I've watched 3 videos of yours not fully was in the flow yet but you've got you're languages quite spread out man haha Jezus, Swahili, okay, English, okay, Russian? hmmmkay, but Chinese was the last one I expected haha damn, nice. I'm envious of you being able to chat around with so many parts of the world. Keep up! I like it! Greetings, from the Netherlands! :)
I love watching this video or rural area zanziba. ..you are right not many tourists or youtubers film this areas. But it was interesting to watch your journey.
Tommy, I am presently surprised that you speak Mandarin in additional to the local African languages. 👍👍👍 Where did you learn your Mandarin ? This reminds me of your fellow youtuber, Siawma, from New York who also speaks multiple languages. Tommy, congratulations. You are amazing ! Blessings from Malaysia.
G'day from Sydney, Australia. I'm very happy to have at last stumbled across a travel channel that is REAL. Where I get to see and meet the real people of a country narrated by what must be the most linguistically talent man I have ever come across...I mean, here he is teaching a Chinese girl how to speak Swahili in her own language. I love your laid back style. Fuck, the Russians are everywhere...I used to love going to Thailand until they arrived in their thousands and took over the place. I was once sitting with a small beach bar owner shooting the breeze and when he found out I was Australian, he told me how the Russians operate in Thailand. They arrive on chartered flights (so they don't fly on Thai airlines) and then they normally book into Russian owned resorts, their stay is paid for in Russia. They bring in as much Vodka they can carry and don't support the local bars like his. I kid you not, I was sitting next to this lady who sold BBQ corn on the cob...just after she finished for the day, she left her stall with some embers still glowing in her small BBQ, and this big fat Russian )with a beer gut that would hold sextuplet babies) and his wife arrive with their smelly Russian sausages and start to cook their dinner using her stuff...they then pulled out their vodka and sitting on the stall owners chairs began to eat their dinner. Fuck, how mean spirited...you come to a country, and don't spend a cent supporting the local's business...and my worst is to see them beat these poor street vendors down when buying touristy trinkets. Now, I have nothing against the Russian people...they are wonderful when they are at home, but when they are tourists in Thailand, then they can all just fuck off back to Siberia. If you are going to travel, then FFS support the local economy...it's really not that hard. But back to my new found friend here, he knows how treat the local people...with respect and dignity and by speaking in their language. I've travel all over the world, I was born in Africa, have lived in SE Asia & India, and now call Australia home. Tommy, keep on truckin mate...you're giving Americans a good name again. All is not lost. Safe travels.
Tommy that was 'GOOD fun ' as we say in Hawaii ! Aloha from Maui. I had some moments in West Africa where u just had to walk by faith. Even in Thailand on rides, where I had no idea where I was... but some how gonna get home safe. Leah Tunkara
AWESOME😂😂😂😂👍👍👍the whole village came out to greet you😍😍😍😍😍they love you💖💖💖💖EVERY WHERE😂😂😂😂 Nice ride and great pick on the Beautiful Chinese girl , she has great personality and will GREATLY add your popularity among Asian viewers to subscribe your channel. Nice tour and PRICELESS by Hamidi , RARE places and only few tourist got to view the beach lagoon .You must be the Lucky one.. You have God given talents to make strangers SMILE around you , am learning to be like that, it LIGHTENED the HEART 💌💖💖💕 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍 Looking forward to MORE RARE PLACES where tourists dont go in DAR Maybe MKURANGA Pwani😁 ?
@@SabbaticalTommy and to help you a bit further Ufukwe= beach Fukwe= beaches Ufukweni= at the beach So if you want to ask someone to take you to the beach you would say " Unaweza kunipeleka ufukweni?" But if you want to ask were is the beach you would ask " ufukwe uko wapi?"
Great video, as always! I am starting way back on you journey, to see what you have been up to. Thanks, brother. Also, you might be the first American who I see (rightly) distinguishing between socialism and communism.
I know right. As soon as I read..bring him here to take pictures..I was like "ooh no" ..hes going to get hussled. I wouldnt have been so trusting. Luckily they're not violent.
I love to watch everyone’s face when he replies in the native language of what ever tge language that person speaks, look at the faces lije WHAT!!!!! It’s a special skill
My last video from Zanzibar, and also apparently my longest one yet! I unintentionally created a damn movie for this one. Enjoy this strange journey in Mandarin and Swahili through rural mosques, Soviet architecture, medicine doctors and lots and lots of mavi. Good to be back
Mavi meaning plse
@Abdulkadir Kassim Mavi = 💩
How did u learn your languages
@@HYPYmum2010 A lot of studying and drinking, to simplify my answer quite a bit
@@SabbaticalTommy how is Zanzibar good or boring
DUDE!! I’m watching an American in Zanzibar teach a Chinese person Swahili…. In Mandarin! Why do we have wars again??
Because our leaders are selfish and do nothing but try to divide us based on religion, race, ethnicity, social status, sexuality, etc.
The people of the world have a lot more in common than our leaders do.
Career politicians
Because the devil is at the head of most of these nations.
🤣🤣
The Chinese don't like integrating that's why they intentionally don't bother learning Swahili
You are a true linguist….I am amazed at how quickly you learn languages. Really impressed!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
You can get by in so many languages! Respect!
I love this guy and I appreciate his respect and love for the people. I also appreciate the fact that he doesn’t let people try to get over on him. And let’s not talk abt how he speaks so many different languages. This guy is amazing
I hate to admit this but all the other Americans who are black who moved to Dar, you out did them. You cared a lot more about the learning the culture and it shows. You are real deal much respect kaka. I'll be there may 26. Hopefully we can link up
Thanks. Sure if I'm still around
@@SabbaticalTommy I hit you up on Instagram
doesn't matter the skin color, brother. all that matters is the brain inside people's head.
@@rexplorer.official you not black you don’t got a clue REX RAMOS. Stay in your lane homie
@@thekinginvestor47 if you think the quality of a person is defined by their skin color than you’re racist. “Stay in your lane” 🙄. I wasn’t even trying to talk down to you in the first place.
The fact that you even advising her to learn a few words am impressed with your linguistics level, I admire you 🇰🇪🇬🇧🇰🇪
Best places is where tourists dont go 😅 video with kids and animals is therapy
Man the richness of experience in this man's life is unparalleled. I have never left my state and I am totally missing out
I have only been to like 7 states in total and most are in south east, never left the country. I am also missing out, I hate it . I wish currency wasn't so vital to have experiences like this
Love your authentic “raw” vlogs. Very much appreciate being able to travel with you. Please keep up the positive fraternal vibes. The world needs you more than ever !
Salama ndugu- from Canada.
Just discovered your channel a week ago and I have watched a bunch of your videos. I have to say you have big balls going to the places you go but I appreciate the raw experience you give through your videos, thank you and much respect to you
I like the shopkeeper, he was nice and he didn't cheat with the prices of two bottles of water.
I wouldnt let you near
cuz he is muslim
I was happy too! He's a gentleman
Bao is a common player in zanzibar. 10:00 a boy has answers your questions very well. Those building and others located at Michenzani, Kilimani in Unguja Island and others located at Pemba Island were built by the first president of zanzibar the late Karume who then told the residents to stay freely during that time.
We even play bao in germany now. Is it from tanzania?
You have inspired me to go to New york. And try to learn more about your culture😅.. Your swahili accent is funny..God bless.
I think my accent was worse than usual in this one 😂 You'll have to leave behind chipsi mayai/zege to go to New York, but you'll get to try New York pizza for the first time in exchange
Near 100k subs is a accomplishment, but seriously. Your content should be closer to 750k-1m subs.
Underrated channel.
Love the Bald and Bankrupt reference. Youre my two favourite UA-camrs. Wish i had both of your language skills.
He's a great guy, hope I can get my Russian up to his level someday
@@SabbaticalTommy I heard you speaking russian on the russian beach episode. You sounded natural to me. I hope you can make it to a russian speaking country soon. That would be good content and practice for you
How about Halald?
@@lifeandbeyond7279 I love Harold's videos but he doesn't have the language skills of Tommy or Benjamin.
Different cultures make the world more beautiful. greetings from Indonesia
It is great you've uploaded a new video. Keep on the great content, Tommy.
I won't be stopping anytime soon
You speak good sawahili and very beathfully kids. I love zenzibar💓💓💓💓💓💓 Thanks alot showing all👍👍
Stumbled upon this channel idk how or why but literally launched this on my 65” and me and wifey watched back to back videos. I hope VICE or some network picks you up. You seem so chill and really had us engaged and you editing is awesome. Keep going “white man” lol
Zanzibar feels like a Wild GTA in Real Life. Anything is possible.
Lol
Good luck with your adventures on Muslim Communist Island
this guy knows so many languages, thats just amazing
I loved the video! As a swahili teacher, i can't help myself not to improve your swahili.
-Mwalimu wa* Kiswahili sio ya kiswahili :)
-Unachota maji? (more correctly than unapata maji)
-You like to use Mbalimbali for different, you can also use tofauti e.g tofauti tofauti :)
-Jengo hili* lina miaka mingapi? sio jengo hii (keep reading on noun classes :)
-Inaitwaje? better than unasemaje hii kwa kiswahili...
-jina lako ni nani* sio nini :) nani - who, nini - what
-Unaweza kunishikia? to mean please hold it for me, sio kuninunua means to buy me?
-Sina magonjwa or siumwi to mean i am not sick sio sina mgonjwa which means I have no patient
-24:10 At the Kigaeni beach, Hamidi was trying to explain about mothers who make ropes using makumbi but at first I thought it was sisal. They beat the makumbi to get rope ( Kina mama wanapiga kamba)
- Mtaani means at the streets "yupo huko mtaani" he is around, in the streets...village is kijijini but you translated well too could mean he was back in the village, i got that impression as well
-Maji - water, maziwa - milk...ng'ombe anataka maji (the cow wants water not milk) haha
- Hamidi said inanuka meaning it smells / stinks like the poo, not you could fall into it :)
Lastly, did you say "baki salama?" or what did you say at the end? I couldn't hear it well.
Asante for another great video even myself as a Tanzanian, I am learning that Zanzibar is huge not just Nungwi!
Asante mwalimu! I actually said maji in the video, I don't know why I changed it in editing. And I said "maa salama" at the end which is Arabic for goodbye/go in peace (it's Zanzibar, after all). Nitaendelea kusoma!
Umeelezea vizuri sana mwalimu. Asante kwa muda wako na kuandika haya yote
@@SabbaticalTommy haha sawa! I'm going to watch the new video now with my swahili comments haha okay so maa salama! new swahili vocab to me! first time hearing it. Asante pia!
@@Tino_Official_tz Nashukuru sana!
I like the random historical and other trivial facts in your videos
Salute Tommy, you really explored Zanzibar, I am from Dar es Salaam, I've been to Zanzibar a couple of times but I haven't been to half of the places you visited especially for the natives. Well done 👏🏾
Thank you for the travel vlog. I am fascinated with foreign countries. They have so much culture we can learn from. When I start watching, I "get hooked" on all I see that I have never seen in person before. I traveled around India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh years ago, and I love it. So thanks for giving us the pleasure of traveling with you.
Hey Tony. I've travelled India a lot too. Where did you visit, if I may ask?
Thanks again for these videos. The medicine doctor meeting seemed a little sketchy at first...
Just a bit
At first? It was sketchy from beginning till end. Thugs. Not friendly at all. You're being naive.
Hey man, I just found your channel on Reddit yesterday and literally as I finished catching up on all your videos, you uploaded this one! You're definitely gonna blow up soon, dude! Keep up the good work
Thanks! I appreciate the thought, especially coming from someone named AnusPenatratus
😂
Laughing my "ASS" off @ the user name above 😆🤣
Who d F.....K is this saying blow up.
Hahaha.....😁😂
He did not insulted you in Kimakunduchi (local language mainly spoken in Makunduchi). He just tell his friend "keep playing buddy , you also counted mine before, now you see???!!!!"
Thanks, good to know! I was trying really hard to find info on this language and couldn't find anything
Would love to know what all those guys said....
@@SabbaticalTommy Actually that was one of Swahili dialect spoken in Unguja Southerneastern ( Hadimu dialect); Just like the KIUNGUJA MJINI dialect you are using to communicate .
Hongera mwalimu wa Kiswahili 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Wow, you speak Mandarin as well! Loved the island tour. And since you return to the continent, I can only expect to become more and more interesting. Looking forward for future videos with locals that have never talked with an European prior meeting you. Beautiful channel, very genuine content, thanks for the uploads!
Are you working there, you mentioned checking the roads in another video? How did you encounter the Chinese woman there? So many questions....
@@AliciaMully Haha, he was kidding about that road inspector. :)))) He speaks Chinese, and that lady was Chinese so it was very easy to connect.
@@dncviorel he gets me a lot! Lol i thought he was serious...so she was just a stranger tourist following him around too?
@@AliciaMully I don't know how they met, but most likely when he saw her Tommy started talking in Mandarin and since he was the only guy that new her language they connected and probably decided to travel together a bit.
@@dncviorel if it was that random that's so cool & all the more reason to keep learning language.
Nilikua nasubiri video yako Brother asante sana, 🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿✌
Nimerudi!
@@SabbaticalTommy usichukue muda mrefu ku upload video mpya, napendekeza kila baada ya siku moja upload new video.
We play bao here in Mozambique too, but don't call it "Bao" here we call it "Ntchuva" a very fun board game☺
You are so incredibly talented in languages and your cultural sensitivity is impeccable! You’re an inspiration. Thank you ! 😎
This guy always puts a smile on my face! 😃
Great content keep them coming man .Thanks a lot for showing us the jewel of East Africa !
24:12 "Makumbi" is the fiber-like material from dried coconut husks, it can be used to make rope, "kamba", this type of rope is very common in Zanzibar, it is normally brown in color, many hardware shops sell it, just ask for kamba ya makumbi, you can also google coconut husk rope.
Interesting
Imagine how nice itd be if SOMEONE just decided to take care of the roads.... Stop, fill in a hole a day.... Make it a community project.... Could maybe even run pipes, and proper power after that.. It starts 1 road at a time.. I see the foriegn hotel owners dont give anything back....... Makes me want to visit. Good video my friend
I love your channel man. Keep at life the way you do:) Love, peace, health and happiness to you :D
Most likely the building was East German, just like the Michenzani flats in town. I staid there in 1980 for a few months. There were also North Koreans in the city.
Just love the Boab trees nd their fruit the sea besutiful people friendly.
I am really impressed by how multilingual you are! I don't understand any Swahili, but I know mandarin and you can speak pretty good mandarin too! Good job and I enjoy watching your videos!
How many languages does this guy know?
The children are so BEAUTIFUL!!! 🥰❤️
Mavi sana🤣🤣🤣 this one killed me, the Zanzibar guy asking "what's my name?" instead of "what's your name?
I do envy people with a talent for languages. It is amazing how you pick them up, I know you study but it seems mush easier than it is for me. Love the videos.
I have enjoyed your vlogs bro!!... Same of your swahili word made me laugh a lot,( unataka kufanya picha 😂) The medicine man was not a witchcraft, he was a traditional medicine docto.Hopefully you will be visiting other part of Tanzania.
I've got a lot more to do and see, I'm not fully a Swahili man yet
If you are contacting spirits thats witchcraft...I have not yet seen a traditional doctor who does not contact spirits...
@@JOHN16verse33 oh please !God is a spirit too.
@@lovemidou9619 understand my statement:
Yes God is in spirit and you can contact him only by holy spirit NOT spirits.
Holy spirit dwells in your heart is a person and not persons; and you do not need to do anything or use anything to contact/speak to holy spirit...you communicate within your heart!
@@JOHN16verse33 You make no sense. You see i feel very pity when i see Africans don't know nothing about their spirituality. The way you're talking I'm assuming you're a Christian in the holy bible how many sacrifices you saw Abraham, Jacob, David ,Salomon etc.... did for their God? Did they call the holy spirit inside of them? If Africa is really the birthplace of humanity how come we don't know God before colonization? How come we have to wait for the bible to finish from another race to let us know God? Now tell me how come some Africans can call spirits from earth,sky, water ,fire who teaches them the knowledge they have about herbs, agriculture way of survival before colonization? I find that God is racist if he did something like that left us in the dark for so long . Spirituality is freedom ok .
That building was built by the East German. Zanzibaries were labour in the project. Yes after Zanzibar revolution 1964.
So who built it then?
OMG B&B style!!!!
I appreciate your simple low key style so much more! I have watched all his videos. I love the travel but his personality is to be desired.
This is lovely... Ulifka kwa mchawi.
Hamidi good boy
Wonderful medical store 🏪 and certified
And greedy doctor ha haaaa
Banana tree 🌴 around the roads wao
Banana tree need more water
Thank you for posting these vids about your travels. I always wanted to see more local culter and so on in other countrys. But sinds i cant travel myself i do enjoy postings like these. Take care and plz keep them comming. With warm greetings from Belgium.
Thanks Tommy.Another job well done.I see you are a linquist.much respect.
3:42 no he didn't insult you. he was speaking swahili but it sound differently, he was telling his opponent about their playing and not to cheat generally.
Kiswahili Alicho zungumza ni kipemba au vipi?
@@masupildula Kwanini usijifunze Kiswahili ikajua kuna lahaja ngapi kwanza? .
Sio kipemba ni kiswahili hicho ila tu si mwenyeji wa Zanzibar wala hilo eneo ndio maana huelewi au! Ni Lahaja ya kihadimu kama wewe unavyoongea KIUNGUJA MJINI!
Whenever i save enough money I always travel internationally and I go places tourists never see, The people are the friendliest and also the poorest but its the best way to see a country by far.
Omg why am I dying watching this? Hilarious! How fun would this be
Wow man you speak alot of languages awesome.
13:00 i think that goat was asking for your help! 😂
That goat at 13:00 had me cracking up!
Thank you Tommy. I enjoyed every minute. You might consider Portland, Oregon or San Francisco to make a video. Although they are much more dangerous compared to sub Saharan Africa.
Lol
San Francisco is worse than Nigeria now...
Very good bro don t stop i love your videos 🤗👍
Interesting to watch that area near the sea st the end of the video. If the govt tidy up these areas and beaches it will attract more tourists. Thanks for this video is important to see how other people living in rural zanzibar and areas and old buildings need to renovate, areas to keep clean including roads to be in good condition.
you are amazing!you can speak so many languages.
Thanks, I still need to practice them more. 你是中国人吗？
omg my husband was in long 3 weeks rest and almost finished your vlogs..He’s very happy and really missed East Africa
Okay, dude, I've watched 3 videos of yours not fully was in the flow yet but you've got you're languages quite spread out man haha Jezus, Swahili, okay, English, okay, Russian? hmmmkay, but Chinese was the last one I expected haha damn, nice. I'm envious of you being able to chat around with so many parts of the world. Keep up! I like it! Greetings, from the Netherlands! :)
I have a few more crazy ones I haven't even gotten to speak yet. I have issues..
How many language do you speak?
Wow you speak so many not so easy languages!!! 🤓
I like your videos and accent too. Especially when you speak in English.. So authentic
Very intersting=inafurahisha sana 10:20
Thanks, was looking for that word
Why would you give a cow milk that got me laughing so hard...
Hahaha yea that baffled me too..give a cow milk?? Hahaha...perhaps he meant "maji" (water)??
I love your Wonderful traveling videos. ❤❤
I love watching this video or rural area zanziba. ..you are right not many tourists or youtubers film this areas. But it was interesting to watch your journey.
Very interesting and an eye opening.
Thanks ...
That sky!!😍😍😍
Tommy, I am presently surprised that you speak Mandarin in additional to the local African languages. 👍👍👍 Where did you learn your Mandarin ?
This reminds me of your fellow youtuber, Siawma, from New York who also speaks multiple languages.
Tommy, congratulations. You are amazing !
Blessings from Malaysia.
Yeah, he speaks "Chinese" and " local African" language. I'm trying to learn Chinese.
He spent a few years in China.
he said he lived there 6 years
@Goblin Slayer for real thats horrible
G'day from Sydney, Australia. I'm very happy to have at last stumbled across a travel channel that is REAL. Where I get to see and meet the real people of a country narrated by what must be the most linguistically talent man I have ever come across...I mean, here he is teaching a Chinese girl how to speak Swahili in her own language. I love your laid back style. Fuck, the Russians are everywhere...I used to love going to Thailand until they arrived in their thousands and took over the place. I was once sitting with a small beach bar owner shooting the breeze and when he found out I was Australian, he told me how the Russians operate in Thailand. They arrive on chartered flights (so they don't fly on Thai airlines) and then they normally book into Russian owned resorts, their stay is paid for in Russia. They bring in as much Vodka they can carry and don't support the local bars like his. I kid you not, I was sitting next to this lady who sold BBQ corn on the cob...just after she finished for the day, she left her stall with some embers still glowing in her small BBQ, and this big fat Russian )with a beer gut that would hold sextuplet babies) and his wife arrive with their smelly Russian sausages and start to cook their dinner using her stuff...they then pulled out their vodka and sitting on the stall owners chairs began to eat their dinner. Fuck, how mean spirited...you come to a country, and don't spend a cent supporting the local's business...and my worst is to see them beat these poor street vendors down when buying touristy trinkets. Now, I have nothing against the Russian people...they are wonderful when they are at home, but when they are tourists in Thailand, then they can all just fuck off back to Siberia. If you are going to travel, then FFS support the local economy...it's really not that hard. But back to my new found friend here, he knows how treat the local people...with respect and dignity and by speaking in their language. I've travel all over the world, I was born in Africa, have lived in SE Asia & India, and now call Australia home. Tommy, keep on truckin mate...you're giving Americans a good name again. All is not lost. Safe travels.
Keep doing this brother.. love love love....blessing from Trinidad and Tobago
How many languages do you speak? (Including Swahili) I’m trying to learn Korean.
Nice, I want to learn Korean too. I'm comfortable speaking 8 and learning a bunch more
@@SabbaticalTommy That is awesome.
🤣🤣🤣🤣he speaks luganda too
Tommy that was 'GOOD fun ' as we say in Hawaii ! Aloha from Maui. I had some moments in West Africa where u just had to walk by faith. Even in Thailand on rides, where I had no idea where I was... but some how gonna get home safe. Leah Tunkara
Nice. Yeah you really have to develop a feel for the situation here, but Zanzibar is usually safe. I hope I can get to West Africa sometime as well
@@SabbaticalTommy the more I look at clips of Zanzibar the more I want to go.
AWESOME😂😂😂😂👍👍👍the whole village came out to greet you😍😍😍😍😍they love you💖💖💖💖EVERY WHERE😂😂😂😂
Nice ride and great pick on the Beautiful Chinese girl , she has great personality and will GREATLY add your popularity among Asian viewers to subscribe your channel.
Nice tour and PRICELESS by Hamidi , RARE places and only few tourist got to view the beach lagoon .You must be the Lucky one..
You have God given talents to make strangers SMILE around you , am learning to be like that, it LIGHTENED the HEART 💌💖💖💕 😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍
Looking forward to MORE RARE PLACES where tourists dont go in DAR
Maybe MKURANGA Pwani😁 ?
There will be some surprises in Dar for sure
nice zanzibar
She is beautiful 😍. I see that you have a good communication.
Let me help you a bit here😃
Beach= ufukwe
Pwani= coast
You asked for "pwani" and Hamidi showed it to you🤣🤣
Some people told me pwani is a word for beach too but I'll be saying ufukwe from now on!
@@SabbaticalTommy and to help you a bit further
Ufukwe= beach
Fukwe= beaches
Ufukweni= at the beach
So if you want to ask someone to take you to the beach you would say " Unaweza kunipeleka ufukweni?"
But if you want to ask were is the beach you would ask " ufukwe uko wapi?"
I liked Zinzibar thank you salute from SOMALIA.
3:05 Bao is a strategical and mind-challenging game comparable to chess, though there are simplified versions. You should learn if you get a chance.
Yeah I wanted to learn how it was played, but those guys didn't really explain it. I'll try and look it up, I had never heard of it before
Man you are all right. I am not introducing you to my wife but your all right. Please keep doing what you do. LOL
Great video keep it up
How many languages do you speak
The Islamic hat is called "kibagarashia" in Swahili
I knew there had to be a name! Asante
The correct word is “balaghashia”
I have been saying it wrong all these years as kibarakashee haha thanks for also teaching me
Sabatical but i think that's a Swahili vocabulary that you don't necessarily have to know, but you should know it 😂
Great video, as always! I am starting way back on you journey, to see what you have been up to. Thanks, brother.
Also, you might be the first American who I see (rightly) distinguishing between socialism and communism.
Medicine man shook you down LOL
I know right. As soon as I read..bring him here to take pictures..I was like "ooh no" ..hes going to get hussled.
I wouldnt have been so trusting. Luckily they're not violent.
Witch doctor
This is rally cool, you should go live sometimes.
You amazing me dude how many languages can you speak?
More than the average American I guess
@@SabbaticalTommy Waaaay more than the average American. That's awesome. Please give us the list.
Tommy is really a genius language wise.
Love the "bald and bankrupt" reference.
I love to watch everyone’s face when he replies in the native language of what ever tge language that person speaks, look at the faces lije WHAT!!!!! It’s a special skill
Watching an American teach a Chinese Kiswahili in Mandarin has got to be one of the most hilarious things on the internet 😂
4:39 mans wearing a staten island shirt, wow 🤣
Do you film with a gopro, phone or mirrorless?
Content is GREAT
Amazing How many languages you speak!