Hope you enjoyed this little sidequest to one of the world's most unknown countries. Trips like these are why I travel!

@HeiterProductions

3 ай бұрын

Keep these coming! They are soooo good

@marcoallin

3 ай бұрын

have you tried the Opuntia cactus fruits? they seem to be everywhere. Look for gemstone too ;)

@redseayouth9119

3 ай бұрын

I do hope you are aware that the West sanctioned Eritrea for nearly two decades, because Eritrea refused to be puppet of US gov? Hence why Eritrean economy suffered as result of Western sanctions led by the US and diplomatic isolations

@kokoyaro

3 ай бұрын

Eritrea? No way! Come to Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe. It's the least visited region in the world 😂

@user-nf9zl7ir1r

3 ай бұрын

I love your videos man, i am from chile, beautifull country!

Tommy, thanks for showcasing what is one of my favourite countries in the world, after a lifetime of travels. I visited Eritrea a dozen or so times between 1997 and 2002, but due to the nature of my work, I will probably sadly not be able to go back in the near future. We ran a student empowerment project at the university of Asmara, and unfortunately most of the participants are now based in the US or in Europe, and last time I tried, I was denied a visa. I would love to visit again, I can feel the scorching heat of Massawa, the history of Keren and all the odd places in Asmara again. This and the previous video took me back 20 years, and also to other places, like Mendefera, Adi Quala, Dekamhare, Assab... Eritrea is a truly unique place, and is a main reason why I kept on travelling all my life.

@loveelroi4453

3 ай бұрын

Ohhhhh that’s so sweet .. hope you will come to visit Eritrea after the next 2 years after all this construction finished

@redfill68

3 ай бұрын

what constructions??? @@loveelroi4453

@rutasolomon4569

3 ай бұрын

I hope you get a chance to visit again.

@fruitsarelife7073

2 ай бұрын

That’s sad. But thanks for trying.

@leonfann1704

2 ай бұрын

Just try to visit again

I love how you don’t ramble in your videos, and you let us obverse the environment and people without interruptions. This is why I watch all your videos.

@scnrich4941

3 ай бұрын

"ramble" the most funniest word for me today 😅

@user-ke8qz3jz2v

2 ай бұрын

lol you actually sit and watch all of his this perverts video! 😂 amazing!

@scnrich4941

2 ай бұрын

He and others they're doing a great job by touring across the globe showing and exposition how rotten africa is and how corrupt African leaders who...Still foolishly complaining of slavery & colonialism...fools

They don't even ask him for money after they showed him directions . No where is like that . That is my people , proud as they are.

@Maly69

3 ай бұрын

Or no beggars in the streets

@peacetotheworld1737

3 ай бұрын

@@Maly69the government is the digital beggar, which is unusual 😂😂

@medhindebas5003

3 ай бұрын

@@peacetotheworld1737😅😅😅😅😅

@Ironfurnaceroom

3 ай бұрын

Very cool:)

@LogsMaggot

3 ай бұрын

more like no PEOPLE in the streets as far I can gather from this video@@Maly69

Love your videos, Tommy. No bullshit or fluff. Facts, history, culture, observations and insight into many places other content creators don't go to. Has anyone ever told you that you narrate like Christopher Walken? Keep on doing what you do best. Stay safe and well, sir.

@user-lc7im8eh2v

3 ай бұрын

29: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oa2MlM2Rlam7nNI.html

In the late 90’s a lot of Eritrean women were given work visas in Las Vegas. I worked for a human resource company that was a medical part of that process so I interacted with easily a few hundred of them. They were extremely polite, respectful, and very witty. Many of them spoke more than 2 languages as well. Most of the women very fit and beautiful. They definitely stood out from other women from that continent.

@fanaha282

3 ай бұрын

Thats true brother

@Relaxingblog123

3 ай бұрын

Oh ❤❤❤ thank you 🙏

@BF-bb5us

2 ай бұрын

How do you know other women from the continent to make such a fleeting remark. Please don’t use Eritrea to denigrate other African women

@NotImpressed-yr2nz

2 ай бұрын

DOUBTFUL 😂😂😂

@NoName-qs6ei

Ай бұрын

Human trafficking

I love your videos there’s no zoom in and zoom out , one word at a time captions , and fast paced scenes. This new style of content is driving me crazy 😅 thx for this

I love how apolitical your videos are I love that u just focus on showing us the country, their lifestyle, roads etc Big up

Your videos always fascinate me, especially the ones from Eritrea. Thank you very much for your honest and balanced opinion about the country you reported on. What I really like about your videos is that you tell the story behind the things.that's cool.

As a Somali i believe ERITREA is a beautiful nation with its wonderful people and its amazing geography 🥰🥰🥰

@geziwi3853

3 ай бұрын

I agree there are so many things that make Eritreans and Somali people similar. They are most civilized societies although they are yet to land on moon; I do hope they will land on moon with their camels.

@Fidias2001

3 ай бұрын

and we love our beautiful Somalian brothers and sisters. lovely ppl.

@egel7736

3 ай бұрын

It's a dictatorship

@ZusaMawel

2 ай бұрын

Anaa fadwak​i 2,we love yu 2@@Fidias2001

@fruitsarelife7073

2 ай бұрын

And a brutal Dicatorship that doesn’t give us any freedom of speech. We have become regugees and immigrants. Nothing more nothing less. And people are so 🤐🤐🤐that you wouldn’t even hear about it. Cause all these patriotic Nazis gaslight you into silence. So Eritrea suffers in silence.

Very touching video, Sabba. I have been following your work for a long time now; but this is the first video that almost brought tears to my eyes.

Thank you, ur vlogs are very insightful on places I wouldn’t necessarily know about. Informative, on the ppl of such places. Camera quality nd the views of these places are amazing. Thank you Tommy, be safe 🙌🙌🙌🫡

There is something so relaxing and satisfying in places like that. Thanks for sharing. I have been in few countries in Africa and although I was working for months in each place - the time there felt so refreshing and real.. I miss the serenity

from KENYA nairobi thank you for the visit coz we were wondering where did Eritrea go but thanks for the video its a very calm and cool country if any viewer here is from ERITREA know that we love you❤ ❤

@abeljuju6477

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏love you too ❤️brother

@yordanosmichael8615

3 ай бұрын

Thankyou, we love you too❤

@HabeshaKitchenForYou

3 ай бұрын

We love you too Kenyans

@HabeshaKitchenForYou

3 ай бұрын

I used to live in Kenya from 1998-2001

@Fidias2001

3 ай бұрын

we love u too

We dont all get to travel and document our travels so watching your videos really helps me tune out all the noise and just tune in. Thanks coach 💪

Wow,Tommy you're a great narrator. You're videos are of very educational & informative natue.You dive into the history & culture of the places you visit without putting any country down. Kudos mate. Nuff respect for your hustle. Bless up🙏🙏❤️ Watching from the land downunder Sydney NSW

One of your best videos, Tommy. Keep your amazing content coming!

Thank you, my friend, and make sure you stay safe god bless and take care.

I love your videos and I always live vicariously through them. I’m about the same age as you and I am also from the North East coast area of the US so I always feel that I can relate to your sarcasm and speaking style. I live in Japan with my wife and small children and found your channel through your Japan videos. I can’t travel easily with small kids so I look forward to every video you put out, and I always feel like I am there with you. Great job, Tommy!

I've been binge watching most of your videos over the course of the last few days after seeing your channel recommended on Reddit, and I enjoyed every single one that I saw. Really enjoy your style, and I can't wait to see more! :)

Just found your videos by chance and so far I am enjoying them wholeheartedly. It takes me back to how I grew up and things I remember not even being from this region of the world. Thank you. Keep up the great work of teaching us history.

I watch your videos for the little history lessons. They never get old. Then I watch for the experiences. It’s really refreshing. And you’re not some pompous ass dude. You remind me of the blue collar guys I know. Thanks for the vids.

hey Tommy ...just wanted to thank you .......I like your travelling style watched you for the past year always a plus to my day....an old guy from an island off the west coast of Canada sitting in front of the wood stove happy with my steak and mushrooms and a taste of Eritrea for dessert all the best Paul

Great video and watched it. Your determination to visit the forgotten areas in the world is eye opening. And you did your homework about the history of the region. BTW your video is going viral.

Great job I've never heard of this place. You do a good job capturing moments between you and the locals

Good posting bro your blogs are legendary brudda

Probably one of your most unique trips yet, Tommy. So very interesting to see it through your eyes. No travel channel glamour here!!

I saw your videos from Ethiopia and Eritrea and I am amazed at your ability to pick up new languages and how tactful you are in your interactions and commentary and I am looking forward to seeing your other work.

@tinan2010

3 ай бұрын

He was talking mostly Amharic( Ethiopian language) 😊 and they are not new to Amharic so that’s why they are replying.

@ajire.janora

3 ай бұрын

​@@tinan2010 That's no easy feat, and he knows enough Mandarin to have a decent conversation as well! I know westerners who lived in Ethiopia for years and can't do basic communication in Amharic

Thank you for uploading this video, ❤

Amazing Tommy, real travel indeed, thank you for bringing this part of the world and humanity to us. Have you considered visiting Artsakh/ Nagorno Karabakh? I have friends along the border in Armenia with an old soviet outpost building they are remodeling into an eco lodge (Areni Lodge). They are a lovely couple with a dream who who are assisting with refugees, and would welcome a traveler who brings the world to world. A little known and Fasanating area and history I hope to visit.

"Apocalyptic Beauty" -- great description! It looked a little like Gaza to me. The people seemed friendly, and the Italian ruins are amazing...the plaster work is probably hand done. Love this stuff!

Hell yeah dude. I always watch but never comment. Best channel on KZread, keep it up.

man i love your style of videos, the history bits are my fave

WHAT A GREAT VIDEO!!

One of my favorite videos of yours so far! My grandfather was deployed there in WWII, and your journey gives color and depth to some of his stories. Keep up the amazing work!❤

@mohamadalakhras9750

3 ай бұрын

Was he on the British or Italian side?

@Noname-be8yi

3 ай бұрын

Your grandfather was a good man . We wish they stayed over much longer cuz we Eritrean was much better than our local millitary dictator colonaizers ❤❤❤

@fruitsarelife7073

2 ай бұрын

@@Noname-be8yiBrother, We don’t want any colonizer. No European colonizers and no Eritrean Nazis.

Great way to learn history of different places you visit. Thank you.

Yet another fascinating and informative video, thank you!

I struggle with depression and your videos keep me going

@Ironfurnaceroom

3 ай бұрын

Funny thing, I was just reading somewhere in a book, "depression is anger turned inward"... Does that somehow resonate with you, or is it more a chemical thing? I'll send up a prayer... depression is a brutal thing. Been there in my teens.

@paulodeoliveira9165

3 ай бұрын

@@Ironfurnaceroom I'm not in depression, but i'm getting old, some drems unrealized, then sometimes the life make no sense for me.

@ValentinaMitchell1

3 ай бұрын

@@paulodeoliveira9165same

@Bhq870

3 ай бұрын

Keeps me from blowing my head off

@donaldmac3736

3 ай бұрын

@@Bhq870try smoking some nice Kush weed. It helps

Your vids are well done with pithy and wry observations. Eritrea wouldn't be on my list of places to visit, but it does have a bleak and arrid fascination. I appreciate that you take on some rather out of the way places. Keep on keepin' on.

@Noname-be8yi

3 ай бұрын

Smart guy ... heck im Eritrean and dont wana visit that place ever ... we got people crossing sahara deserts and oceans to run away from this place and yet people pating visa to visit a place where there is no net or water or electric city

@nunu7353

27 күн бұрын

@@Noname-be8yiwhy do Eritreans run to Ethiopia is a question I want to ask?

Thoroughly described the history and background for such a short video, keep it up bro. One correction though, Keren is with about 80 thousand residents the second largest town in Eritrea .

My family and I absolutely love your videos. So interesting, eye-opening and informative. Wish you have a mic attached to your shirt for better audio.

Always good to see a new video of one of the best vloggers on KZread

@Ironfurnaceroom

3 ай бұрын

Isn't it? I'm so thankful for the dude's thorough work and relaxed and courteous behavior.

@ianmathewlawas7795

3 ай бұрын

bro do you know similar yt vloggers who have the same vibe/energy as Sabbatical? this guy's vlogs are so good lol

@user-zu2fl1ep4e

3 ай бұрын

UNA RE EIKHA TEHAGHISKA? TEDENGHEX.

@tomdurover

3 ай бұрын

@@ianmathewlawas7795 yeah me 😂✌️

@Ironfurnaceroom

3 ай бұрын

@@user-zu2fl1ep4e What is this in English? On that note, what is this language?

Really would not know life in other places, if it were not for videos like this. Salute Sabbatical👑💯💯

Thank you for sharing this with us!

Happy to have stumbled on to your channel. I really enjoy your presentations!

Well have visited Eritrea 5 times and it was so nice the people are so polite. the culture is so rich.

From Russian Subscribers We are fans of your videos Much Blessings Always Yuliya n Andrei 👍👍👍👍👍✝️🇷🇺

@daniel1tube922

3 ай бұрын

Haha, great friends, Russian. It looks like our friendship is improving in short months .we start to look for each other. And thanks, Russia sends us some gifts. We love you, Russian . I really love Russian before this hot friendship.

@shabatshalom693

3 ай бұрын

Spesiva blatt😂😂😂😂

@russianprincess3673

3 ай бұрын

@@shabatshalom693 💋💋💋💋YULIYA

one of my favorite you tubers..super interesting thanks for sharing man

Awesome video .love it !!!❤❤❤. ..Great Great insights to a most rare country

Was waiting for this

A mother with her shoe in one hand and a purposeful look is universal!

Thank so much and you are so Amazing Tommy I have been watching your videos for a while also this is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen 😂as An Eritrean 🇻🇮🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷 keep the good work as usual bless you ❤❤❤

Love your videos Tommy. Keep them coming 🎉

Love your channel Tommy! Here's an idea...you should get one of those portable Polaroid printers that lets you insta-print pics straight from your iPhone... then you can give the prints as gifts to the people you meet on your travels. Thanks for giving us a glimpse into the lesser-seen corners of the world!

@rainbow3649

3 ай бұрын

Such a great idea u suggested. That will definitely leave the people with such memories and aspirations that they would others not ever have! I hope he reads your comment!

Coming from the UK i have met many eritrean people and i have to say that they are some of the most wonderful, friendly, unassuming people who happy to share their culture. ❤❤❤❤

@notsogreen

2 ай бұрын

Fascinating! Thanks for the tour.

Good video as always!

Very good and imformative podcast, love it👍

Great presentation Tommy! Appreciate your detailed tour of Eritrea and giving little history lessons.

@damaeast6551

3 ай бұрын

Hopefully your next trip to Eritrea will be with overflowing tourists and modern facilities with true development to the people of Eritrea 🇪🇷 who deserve better!

Eritrea is a country that has intrigued me for a long time. Would love to visit one day!

@yanicyoda4762

2 ай бұрын

The Coffe is good and the fish is organic

Solid video man ! Thank you .

Love all your videos. Keep it up

Your last videos are fascinating

I've been looking forward to this video since I saw the last part on the home page. It's refreshing to see someone speak positively about Eritrea, especially given all of the negativity in the world.

@dina4473

3 ай бұрын

Positive? He did not tell the truth about Eritrea not even close!

@GG-lh2yw

3 ай бұрын

@@dina4473what are you going to say the government bribed him to say a good things about Eritrea😁

@Samygena

3 ай бұрын

Watch the first video about why Asmara/Eritrea is safe to move about. You can’t go anywhere without a permit(not talking about a visa). It is basically a police state. And it is wrong to call it africas North Korea. NK is a nuclear power.

@rahelgoitom6686

3 ай бұрын

Are you sure, he didn't spoke the truth. He is no different than those who spoke bad and negative about eritrea. He didn't even approach the positive.

@rainbow3649

3 ай бұрын

​@dina4473 stop that???? Every country in the world has their own history that started the country. We are seeing the videos live, with our own eyes,so what lie is he telling.

Tommy love the videos bud wish i had your positivity and fearlessness and u seem to give everyone a chance 👍 🇮🇪

Love your vids, thanks for showing us the world 🙏🏼

@asmeretzeghai1522

3 ай бұрын

Do it bester kkkk haseuti

Great video Tommy. Your guide was straight chilling. What a job.

Organic content as usual! Good job Tommy.

I was there in 96 not much has changed. Thanks for sharing, hopefully things will change in the future

Great video as usually Tommy 👍👍👍

Great vlog! Very interesting adventure! Seems like in the middle of nowhere 🤣

This is unfiltered,very impressive

awesome trip! looking forwards to see where you end up next

very interesting. i learn so much from you. i never knew that place existed. thank you for going to these places

I never heard of Eritrea! Fascinating!!! Thank you!

@user-fx6ys6yd6m

3 ай бұрын

Eritrea is hell on earth.

@mesfinkidan-rg3io

3 ай бұрын

kkkkkkk tell them, They think they are famous in the world.

@Animalsandwildlife.7527

3 ай бұрын

It is on top of Ethiopia

@azebhabte5642

3 ай бұрын

Really? It’s a new country.

@Merh158

3 ай бұрын

Actually it very old country. Older than Ethiopia. The Name Eritrea given by Italy during colonization. The real name was Medri Bahri also known as Bahri Negash. If you google Medri Bahri you will find the true history. Eritrea is called the gate way to Africa. Islam and Christianity came to Africa around 350 BC ish through Eritrea Red Sea. Many true history. Ethiopia became Ethiopia 1903 ish. Eritrea was a country before that . Little history for those you don’t know Eritrea or Medri Bahri in English:Land of the Sea also known as Midri Bahr, Medre Bahr, Bahr Melash or The territory of the Bahr Negash also know as Adolis the kingdom of Adolis also Punt land and Axumite kingdom was iEritrea.

As an Eritrean who spent weeks at a time in this city where my family lived and worked, it breaks my heart to see Massawa, so-called the "Pearl of the Red Sea", in such ruins. 😭

@biniluwyz4981

3 ай бұрын

that is my home town where such a humble and welcoming poor people live in, left to be ruined for years. so sad to see this, and It's often only when we're outside of a situation that we realize how much it was affecting us, my city my people really need help. They don't know what they are carrying.

@user-ke8qz3jz2v

2 ай бұрын

You do know it’s the most sanctioned place on earth! By white ppl like him! Sad to see Eritreans falling for these CIA agents pretending to be regular civilians

@townbidnezz206

2 ай бұрын

@@biniluwyz4981 this is what happens when your country is sanctioned. Rome wasn’t built in a day. The future is bright for Eritrea 🇪🇷

Beautiful video!

Excellent video Tommy

Thanks for the vlogs. Some like that dont see every day. More like that.

Sabbatical dropped, let's gooo

Just recommended you to my mates as I love your videos and travel when I can. Straight into the video 'he's got a big ass' 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love it never stop these!!!!

Great Content Bro Respect

Thanks for introducing us to Eritrea!

Keep them coming Tommy, best content on KZread!

Great video as usual.

I love that you added a map/ diagram. Awesome video T

Loved it! I guess the lady said "gymnasium" to define an Italian-built high school.

@tonepoet

3 ай бұрын

The Germans call it the same. Probably other countries call it that as well.

@Jordan-xg4pn

3 ай бұрын

Scandinavia too ​@@tonepoet

11:30 you were speaking amharic to the women and the kid. "simsh man new?" is amharic. in tigrinya i think they say "simki man ztibl" i am not sure but it`s something like that.

@user-ux6lp3hh8i

3 ай бұрын

Men kibil shimki or men eyou shemki

@peacelove6150

3 ай бұрын

The war was 30 years ago but, it looks like a war zone a month ago 😭😭😭

@Eripeace5221

3 ай бұрын

Men shimka/shimki

@HabeshaKitchenForYou

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Shemki meme eyu for the women or girls. Shemka meme eyu for boys or Men

@biniluwyz4981

3 ай бұрын

almost there, be Kana channel bzu sew amarigna lemdwal, I left Massawa 2019 yane hitsanochu bdemb ynageru neber.

What a great video. It's beautiful there

Love your vlogs Tommy so cool and intresting

You know a country is totalitarian as hell when you walk in front of a building that's been abandoned for 30 years and the condenser coils are still intact on the a/c units.

@Ironfurnaceroom

3 ай бұрын

What an incredibly interesting observation! Wow!

@cumba3551

3 ай бұрын

what has to do coils with totalltarianism ?

@Scythra

3 ай бұрын

i don't get it either@@cumba3551

@heavent883

2 ай бұрын

the West the one sanctioned the country for 26 years now it just another cuba in sanction crabling, only China my country try to help this country because we can understand what poverty and sanction is maybe tell western governments to fuck off and mind their own business for once if you have that human thing inside of you.

I’m from Eritrea and I’m ✝️

thanks for the videos

Well that’s was very interesting. Thank you. Tommy. See you next one.

Five stars as usual Sabbatical..great information on Eritrean culture and the Italian architecture was amazing..followed a long time…your blogs of Ethiopia, and Eritrea …let’s hope the Eritreans and Ethiopian live in peace for decades to come.. keep up the good work Tommy

I am addicted to your videos. All the things you said about Eritrea is very accurate. You said Eritrea is one of the poorest countries in the world, true, yet didn’t see people begging you for money. And how peaceful!!! it is to walk on the streets of Asmara or any other Eritrean cities. People don’t follow or approach you in Eritrea when they see a foreigner as it is a common occurrence in other African countries

@chrischann484

3 ай бұрын

Eritrea one of poorest human rights abusing country on earth

@abetabet8746

3 ай бұрын

It is healthy to face the truth.

@user-fw7os4un3f

3 ай бұрын

How in the hell you expect them to beg if they don’t allow them to do that.😮

@user-cm8qh2ns1k

Ай бұрын

There is no control! They don’t remove beggars

@Dream-bebe

Ай бұрын

Thank you for this in-depth tour of Massawa. Your videos are inspiring. I hope I will visit one day ❤🇪🇷

I love watching you travel blogs ❤

A very wholesome video liked it

I have an Eritrean co worker that brings me bags of coffee beans. She taught me how to roast and grind them. Best coffee ive ever had🙌🏽

@nunu7353

27 күн бұрын

lol Eritreans don’t grow coffee beans, they get it from Ethiopia. Even the ceremony they use is Ethiopians.

@mimivistaverde5030

27 күн бұрын

@nunu7353 Absolutely, she buys her beans from the Ethiopian store.

@nunu7353

26 күн бұрын

@@mimivistaverde5030 okay, dear! A lot of times, they don’t seem to give credits and don’t recognize the story behind our coffee ceremony. There is a story of 3 young Ethiopian shepherds from the area where coffee was first discovered…the fact that we have 3 rounds represents the 3 Ethiopian shepherds. The Story is beautiful the same way the ceremony is. Anyways m, I hope you liked the Ethiopia coffee ceremony!

I was in Haile Selassie's palace in 2001. It was still fully furnished with beautiful paintings and chandeliers. A soldier stopped me then from going in further. Should have taken a “gift” with me 😄.

@yosefberhe5302

3 ай бұрын

2001..?

Looks pretty chilled, and a relaxed lifestyle! 👍