Where the Tourists Don't Go on Zanzibar (#31)

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  • Опубликовано: 10 дек 2024

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  • @SabbaticalTommy
    @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +115

    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

    • @Roobkii_Gaalkacyo
      @Roobkii_Gaalkacyo 3 года назад

      Mavi meaning plse

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +5

      @Abdulkadir Kassim Mavi = 💩

    • @HYPYmum2010
      @HYPYmum2010 3 года назад +2

      How did u learn your languages

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +12

      @@HYPYmum2010 A lot of studying and drinking, to simplify my answer quite a bit

    • @shukriamoha3293
      @shukriamoha3293 3 года назад +1

      @@SabbaticalTommy how is Zanzibar good or boring

  • @TheKrazykwasi
    @TheKrazykwasi 3 года назад +114

    DUDE!! I’m watching an American in Zanzibar teach a Chinese person Swahili…. In Mandarin! Why do we have wars again??

    • @Tyler-hk4wo
      @Tyler-hk4wo 2 года назад

      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.

    • @ihateyou9197
      @ihateyou9197 2 года назад +5

      Career politicians

    • @iexist6021
      @iexist6021 2 года назад +5

      Because the devil is at the head of most of these nations.

    • @alvinmburu9968
      @alvinmburu9968 2 года назад

      🤣🤣

    • @collinsoconnor5843
      @collinsoconnor5843 Год назад +4

      The Chinese don't like integrating that's why they intentionally don't bother learning Swahili

  • @rhatid
    @rhatid 3 года назад +48

    You can get by in so many languages! Respect!

  • @beajustme
    @beajustme 3 года назад +33

    You are a true linguist….I am amazed at how quickly you learn languages. Really impressed!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @LaLagunz187
    @LaLagunz187 3 года назад +21

    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

  • @nureyna629
    @nureyna629 3 года назад +29

    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.

    • @Johmatri
      @Johmatri 3 года назад

      We even play bao in germany now. Is it from tanzania?

  • @shanti888
    @shanti888 3 года назад +25

    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.

  • @glennprieto1200
    @glennprieto1200 3 года назад +19

    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

  • @prudencebushnell9165
    @prudencebushnell9165 3 года назад +17

    The fact that you even advising her to learn a few words am impressed with your linguistics level, I admire you 🇰🇪🇬🇧🇰🇪

  • @chickennuggetscoon6900
    @chickennuggetscoon6900 3 года назад +13

    Man the richness of experience in this man's life is unparalleled. I have never left my state and I am totally missing out

    • @epicpika11
      @epicpika11 2 года назад +2

      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

  • @thekinginvestor47
    @thekinginvestor47 3 года назад +32

    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

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +6

      Thanks. Sure if I'm still around

    • @thekinginvestor47
      @thekinginvestor47 3 года назад +2

      @@SabbaticalTommy I hit you up on Instagram

    • @rexplorer.official
      @rexplorer.official 3 года назад +5

      doesn't matter the skin color, brother. all that matters is the brain inside people's head.

    • @thekinginvestor47
      @thekinginvestor47 3 года назад +1

      @@rexplorer.official you not black you don’t got a clue REX RAMOS. Stay in your lane homie

    • @rexplorer.official
      @rexplorer.official 3 года назад +5

      @@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.

  • @MiRa-pi5kq
    @MiRa-pi5kq 3 года назад +24

    Best places is where tourists dont go 😅 video with kids and animals is therapy

  • @sirleh8500
    @sirleh8500 3 года назад +43

    I like the shopkeeper, he was nice and he didn't cheat with the prices of two bottles of water.

    • @Amiri2x
      @Amiri2x 3 года назад

      I wouldnt let you near

    • @Geedow95
      @Geedow95 3 года назад +1

      cuz he is muslim

    • @muregofelix8328
      @muregofelix8328 2 месяца назад

      I was happy too! He's a gentleman

  • @richardmunthe
    @richardmunthe 3 года назад +30

    Different cultures make the world more beautiful. greetings from Indonesia

  • @MutualistSoc
    @MutualistSoc 3 года назад +3

    Near 100k subs is a accomplishment, but seriously. Your content should be closer to 750k-1m subs.
    Underrated channel.

  • @albertswai3335
    @albertswai3335 3 года назад +25

    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 👏🏾

  • @craighogg426
    @craighogg426 3 года назад +36

    Love the Bald and Bankrupt reference. Youre my two favourite RUclipsrs. Wish i had both of your language skills.

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +18

      He's a great guy, hope I can get my Russian up to his level someday

    • @rickyb1903
      @rickyb1903 3 года назад +3

      @@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

    • @lifeandbeyond7279
      @lifeandbeyond7279 3 года назад +1

      How about Halald?

    • @craighogg426
      @craighogg426 3 года назад +3

      @@lifeandbeyond7279 I love Harold's videos but he doesn't have the language skills of Tommy or Benjamin.

  • @keyboardevangelist
    @keyboardevangelist 3 года назад +32

    You have inspired me to go to New york. And try to learn more about your culture😅.. Your swahili accent is funny..God bless.

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +19

      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

  • @zaytum
    @zaytum 3 года назад +13

    You speak good sawahili and very beathfully kids. I love zenzibar💓💓💓💓💓💓 Thanks alot showing all👍👍

  • @hectorvegagarcia7419
    @hectorvegagarcia7419 3 года назад +20

    It is great you've uploaded a new video. Keep on the great content, Tommy.

  • @neeraj7354
    @neeraj7354 3 года назад +9

    this guy knows so many languages, thats just amazing

  • @southeastoriginal5668
    @southeastoriginal5668 3 года назад +5

    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

  • @Tony-tn2dj
    @Tony-tn2dj 3 года назад +19

    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.

    • @craigr4763
      @craigr4763 2 года назад

      Hey Tony. I've travelled India a lot too. Where did you visit, if I may ask?

  • @dlasky
    @dlasky 3 года назад +9

    I like the random historical and other trivial facts in your videos

  • @myamwezmyamwez8669
    @myamwezmyamwez8669 3 года назад +12

    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.

  • @WorldUkulele
    @WorldUkulele 3 года назад +20

    Thanks again for these videos. The medicine doctor meeting seemed a little sketchy at first...

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +11

      Just a bit

    • @Kyra_of_Kerkyra
      @Kyra_of_Kerkyra 3 года назад +2

      At first? It was sketchy from beginning till end. Thugs. Not friendly at all. You're being naive.

  • @swahiliwithZita
    @swahiliwithZita 3 года назад +20

    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!

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +8

      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!

    • @Tino_Official_tz
      @Tino_Official_tz 3 года назад +2

      Umeelezea vizuri sana mwalimu. Asante kwa muda wako na kuandika haya yote

    • @swahiliwithZita
      @swahiliwithZita 3 года назад

      @@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!

    • @swahiliwithZita
      @swahiliwithZita 3 года назад +1

      @@Tino_Official_tz Nashukuru sana!

  • @rodrigoscustodio
    @rodrigoscustodio 3 года назад +25

    Zanzibar feels like a Wild GTA in Real Life. Anything is possible.

    • @asdwh1998
      @asdwh1998 3 года назад +2

      Lol

    • @kxkxkxkx
      @kxkxkxkx 2 года назад

      Good luck with your adventures on Muslim Communist Island

  • @shanti888
    @shanti888 3 года назад +4

    You are so incredibly talented in languages and your cultural sensitivity is impeccable! You’re an inspiration. Thank you ! 😎

  • @dncviorel
    @dncviorel 3 года назад +33

    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
      @AliciaMully 3 года назад

      Are you working there, you mentioned checking the roads in another video? How did you encounter the Chinese woman there? So many questions....

    • @dncviorel
      @dncviorel 3 года назад +2

      @@AliciaMully Haha, he was kidding about that road inspector. :)))) He speaks Chinese, and that lady was Chinese so it was very easy to connect.

    • @AliciaMully
      @AliciaMully 3 года назад

      @@dncviorel he gets me a lot! Lol i thought he was serious...so she was just a stranger tourist following him around too?

    • @dncviorel
      @dncviorel 3 года назад +1

      @@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.

    • @AliciaMully
      @AliciaMully 3 года назад +1

      @@dncviorel if it was that random that's so cool & all the more reason to keep learning language.

  • @manfredkrifka8400
    @manfredkrifka8400 3 года назад +10

    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.

  • @jeremybear573
    @jeremybear573 3 года назад +5

    This guy always puts a smile on my face! 😃

  • @LynnaeaEmber
    @LynnaeaEmber 3 года назад +5

    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.

  • @justinloh2616
    @justinloh2616 3 года назад +4

    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!

  • @TheZuluman7
    @TheZuluman7 3 года назад +4

    Great content keep them coming man .Thanks a lot for showing us the jewel of East Africa !

  • @kilroy6765
    @kilroy6765 3 года назад +9

    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

  • @Benj722
    @Benj722 3 года назад +4

    Hongera mwalimu wa Kiswahili 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @tombimashri8149
    @tombimashri8149 3 года назад +6

    Just love the Boab trees nd their fruit the sea besutiful people friendly.

  • @PaulMarkX
    @PaulMarkX 3 года назад +13

    We play bao here in Mozambique too, but don't call it "Bao" here we call it "Ntchuva" a very fun board game☺

  • @davyvandamme810
    @davyvandamme810 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @AnusPenatratus
    @AnusPenatratus 3 года назад +24

    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

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +32

      Thanks! I appreciate the thought, especially coming from someone named AnusPenatratus

    • @njendanjenda56
      @njendanjenda56 3 года назад +3

      😂

    • @lusimyer
      @lusimyer 3 года назад +4

      Laughing my "ASS" off @ the user name above 😆🤣

    • @farintinobialor7023
      @farintinobialor7023 3 года назад

      Who d F.....K is this saying blow up.

    • @farintinobialor7023
      @farintinobialor7023 3 года назад

      Hahaha.....😁😂

  • @livingintheforest3963
    @livingintheforest3963 2 года назад

    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.

  • @salehdaud6400
    @salehdaud6400 3 года назад +34

    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
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +10

      Thanks, good to know! I was trying really hard to find info on this language and couldn't find anything

    • @AliciaMully
      @AliciaMully 3 года назад

      Would love to know what all those guys said....

    • @ramyali6347
      @ramyali6347 3 года назад

      @@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 .

  • @sharifjuma1220
    @sharifjuma1220 3 года назад +6

    That building was built by the East German. Zanzibaries were labour in the project. Yes after Zanzibar revolution 1964.

    • @Amiri2x
      @Amiri2x 3 года назад

      So who built it then?

  • @abhishektodmal1914
    @abhishektodmal1914 3 года назад +4

    I love your channel man. Keep at life the way you do:) Love, peace, health and happiness to you :D

  • @King_Of_Everything
    @King_Of_Everything 3 года назад +7

    Nilikua nasubiri video yako Brother asante sana, 🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿✌

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +3

      Nimerudi!

    • @King_Of_Everything
      @King_Of_Everything 3 года назад +1

      @@SabbaticalTommy usichukue muda mrefu ku upload video mpya, napendekeza kila baada ya siku moja upload new video.

  • @livingintheforest3963
    @livingintheforest3963 2 года назад +1

    The children are so BEAUTIFUL!!! 🥰❤️

  • @nureyna629
    @nureyna629 3 года назад +13

    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
      @masupildula 3 года назад

      Kiswahili Alicho zungumza ni kipemba au vipi?

    • @ramyali6347
      @ramyali6347 3 года назад

      @@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!

  • @zombiemillionaire6397
    @zombiemillionaire6397 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @bonnie6065
    @bonnie6065 3 года назад +2

    Mavi sana🤣🤣🤣 this one killed me, the Zanzibar guy asking "what's my name?" instead of "what's your name?

  • @allyjama3552
    @allyjama3552 3 года назад +22

    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.

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +9

      I've got a lot more to do and see, I'm not fully a Swahili man yet

    • @JOHN16verse33
      @JOHN16verse33 3 года назад

      If you are contacting spirits thats witchcraft...I have not yet seen a traditional doctor who does not contact spirits...

    • @lovemidou9619
      @lovemidou9619 3 года назад

      @@JOHN16verse33 oh please !God is a spirit too.

    • @JOHN16verse33
      @JOHN16verse33 3 года назад +1

      @@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!

    • @lovemidou9619
      @lovemidou9619 3 года назад +3

      @@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 .

  • @AliciaMully
    @AliciaMully 3 года назад +3

    That sky!!😍😍😍

  • @thetwingirls7464
    @thetwingirls7464 3 года назад +1

    I like your videos and accent too. Especially when you speak in English.. So authentic

  • @kiakadi_manosphere
    @kiakadi_manosphere 3 года назад +4

    Wow man you speak alot of languages awesome.

  • @jackzhang6597
    @jackzhang6597 3 года назад +6

    you are amazing!you can speak so many languages.

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +1

      Thanks, I still need to practice them more. 你是中国人吗?

  • @ruzyuz8443
    @ruzyuz8443 3 года назад +1

    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.

  • @MARIcaasi85
    @MARIcaasi85 3 года назад +3

    omg my husband was in long 3 weeks rest and almost finished your vlogs..He’s very happy and really missed East Africa

  • @ruzyuz8443
    @ruzyuz8443 3 года назад

    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.

  • @deadcrush
    @deadcrush 2 года назад

    This is lovely... Ulifka kwa mchawi.

  • @miankhalid9152
    @miankhalid9152 3 года назад +4

    Hamidi good boy
    Wonderful medical store 🏪 and certified
    And greedy doctor ha haaaa
    Banana tree 🌴 around the roads wao
    Banana tree need more water

  • @QasimJabri-qd9di
    @QasimJabri-qd9di 2 месяца назад

    Thanks Tommy.Another job well done.I see you are a linquist.much respect.

  • @oldmanofcotati
    @oldmanofcotati 3 года назад +7

    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.

  • @prinzo.worldwide
    @prinzo.worldwide 3 года назад +5

    Great video keep it up

  • @khalimudodoma6045
    @khalimudodoma6045 3 года назад +4

    nice zanzibar

  • @philipbuttler8474
    @philipbuttler8474 3 года назад

    Keep doing this brother.. love love love....blessing from Trinidad and Tobago

  • @kudraally6492
    @kudraally6492 3 года назад +3

    Very intersting=inafurahisha sana 10:20

  • @khadjaissa222
    @khadjaissa222 2 года назад

    I liked Zinzibar thank you salute from SOMALIA.

  • @beazleteats4031
    @beazleteats4031 3 года назад +13

    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.

  • @craigruddock3824
    @craigruddock3824 3 года назад +3

    Love the "bald and bankrupt" reference.

  • @jodicrain4500
    @jodicrain4500 3 года назад +1

    That goat at 13:00 had me cracking up!

  • @dlasky
    @dlasky 3 года назад +7

    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.

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +7

      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

  • @libork8106
    @libork8106 3 года назад

    Very interesting and an eye opening.
    Thanks ...

  • @deanthurman4916
    @deanthurman4916 2 года назад

    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

  • @Al-nd5gk
    @Al-nd5gk 3 года назад +1

    Very good bro don t stop i love your videos 🤗👍

  • @kevinfred2885
    @kevinfred2885 3 года назад +4

    Why would you give a cow milk that got me laughing so hard...

    • @lusimyer
      @lusimyer 3 года назад +1

      Hahaha yea that baffled me too..give a cow milk?? Hahaha...perhaps he meant "maji" (water)??

  • @saralomauyesu
    @saralomauyesu 2 года назад +1

    Tommy is really a genius language wise.

  • @ThePathOfEudaimonia
    @ThePathOfEudaimonia 3 года назад

    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.

  • @user-yk5by3uc2b
    @user-yk5by3uc2b 3 года назад +5

    Medicine man shook you down LOL

    • @lusimyer
      @lusimyer 3 года назад

      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.

    • @ryancourts2726
      @ryancourts2726 3 года назад

      Witch doctor

  • @swhite8303
    @swhite8303 8 месяцев назад

    I love your Wonderful traveling videos. ❤❤

  • @lovewithoutborder6051
    @lovewithoutborder6051 3 года назад +13

    She is beautiful 😍. I see that you have a good communication.

  • @sylvesterfong9275
    @sylvesterfong9275 3 года назад +12

    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.

    • @welcometruthseekers
      @welcometruthseekers 2 года назад

      Yeah, he speaks "Chinese" and " local African" language. I'm trying to learn Chinese.

    • @davidsotovega9113
      @davidsotovega9113 2 года назад

      He spent a few years in China.

    • @chiefpanda7040
      @chiefpanda7040 2 года назад

      he said he lived there 6 years

    • @chiefpanda7040
      @chiefpanda7040 2 года назад

      @Goblin Slayer for real thats horrible

  • @dragonflame583
    @dragonflame583 3 года назад +2

    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! :)

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +1

      I have a few more crazy ones I haven't even gotten to speak yet. I have issues..

  • @michaelwemba3481
    @michaelwemba3481 3 года назад +1

    This is rally cool, you should go live sometimes.

  • @livingintheforest3963
    @livingintheforest3963 2 года назад +2

    Wow you speak so many not so easy languages!!! 🤓

  • @gregruhlanddeepsilver5418
    @gregruhlanddeepsilver5418 3 года назад +4

    I really thought you were going to get rolled by the guys outside the medicine doctors place. You are pretty lucky. You looked nervous as well.

  • @LeahTVdotcom
    @LeahTVdotcom 3 года назад +5

    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

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +4

      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

    • @LeahTVdotcom
      @LeahTVdotcom 3 года назад +2

      @@SabbaticalTommy the more I look at clips of Zanzibar the more I want to go.

  • @esriesri
    @esriesri 3 года назад +18

    Let me help you a bit here😃
    Beach= ufukwe
    Pwani= coast
    You asked for "pwani" and Hamidi showed it to you🤣🤣

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +8

      Some people told me pwani is a word for beach too but I'll be saying ufukwe from now on!

    • @esriesri
      @esriesri 3 года назад +10

      @@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?"

  • @juliegarcia4597
    @juliegarcia4597 Год назад

    Omg why am I dying watching this? Hilarious! How fun would this be

  • @nuruworldinsight2957
    @nuruworldinsight2957 3 года назад +4

    3:00 - 4:00 Makunduchi village language called Kikae (Kae) just like SWAHILI which is a broken SWAHILI one.
    The SWAHILI words being reversed when speaking it, it's veeeeeery difficult to understand this Kae language even if you know kiswahilini !!!

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +3

      That's so wild. I didn't even know Zanzibar had other languages besides Swahili. The linguistic diversity in Tanzania (and Africa) is crazy

    • @ramyali6347
      @ramyali6347 3 года назад

      Nah you are wrong. You Actually can understad it and most of Zanzibaris do understand even if they are not from Southerneastern of Unguja . It just needs attention Since a lot of words used and pronounce d differently unlike Standard Swahili.

  • @johncopeland3826
    @johncopeland3826 Год назад

    Tommy , apart from the talents you have to have some kind of photographic memory to be able to remember all of the languages you are able to speak ! Not getting words mixed up is a gift on its own ... A nice job with the U N beckons !

  • @AliciaMully
    @AliciaMully 3 года назад +1

    13:00 i think that goat was asking for your help! 😂

  • @philliplord589
    @philliplord589 Год назад +1

    Man you are all right. I am not introducing you to my wife but your all right. Please keep doing what you do. LOL

  • @alvinmburu9968
    @alvinmburu9968 2 года назад +2

    Watching an American teach a Chinese Kiswahili in Mandarin has got to be one of the most hilarious things on the internet 😂

  • @enockelia9567
    @enockelia9567 3 года назад +5

    How many language do you speak?

  • @Talib2011
    @Talib2011 3 года назад +17

    The Islamic hat is called "kibagarashia" in Swahili

    • @SabbaticalTommy
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +5

      I knew there had to be a name! Asante

    • @kudraally6492
      @kudraally6492 3 года назад +4

      The correct word is “balaghashia”

    • @swahiliwithZita
      @swahiliwithZita 3 года назад +2

      I have been saying it wrong all these years as kibarakashee haha thanks for also teaching me

    • @Mwangijay
      @Mwangijay 3 года назад

      Sabatical but i think that's a Swahili vocabulary that you don't necessarily have to know, but you should know it 😂

  • @IslandHopperTV
    @IslandHopperTV 3 года назад +1

    How many languages does this guy know?

  • @hi_lo574
    @hi_lo574 3 года назад +9

    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
      @SabbaticalTommy  3 года назад +3

      There will be some surprises in Dar for sure

  • @Shayanraj_15
    @Shayanraj_15 3 года назад +2

    5:13 "dukan" is also store in hindi

  • @johnfabular2628
    @johnfabular2628 3 года назад

    And u speak Zanzibar language.. that's great

  • @aisha8216
    @aisha8216 3 года назад +2

    When you asked a child if she was going school or not she said yes but when you asked her 'Lini'you have confused her because' Lini 'means when but it's for future if you want to ask her about the present or time you should ask' saa ngapi' or 'wakati gani?' like saa ngapi unaenda shule/school? Or Wakati gani utaenda/unaenda shule/ skuli? And not Lini unaenda school? You could have used Lini if let's say the Child was on holiday and you want to know when they will be back to school or maybe if they were off sick.