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Was quite the trip. Will have to come back for another visit 😉🇵🇭

You should occasionally show maps in your videos. For example I'd love to be able to visualize where that peninsula was. You don't have to go crazy, just a simple image displayed for a few seconds over part of the screen would be really appreciated. Loved the video regardless. The Philippines is an amazing country.

I agree with your assessment of the Philippine people. They are among the warmest and kindest I have encountered anywhere and I have never been to the Philippines.

I absolutely love the Philippines, it's people , and the culture. Live there for 4 years but had to leave due to medical issues. I lived up in San Jose del Monte for about 8 months . Did the Pilgrimage for Easter to the Church of the Grotto. Lived down in General Santos city for about the same time. Then I met a girl from Cebu and moved to Negros Oriental around the Dumaguete area where I spent the rest of the time and got married in Cebu where my now wife's family lives. Oh how we miss being home. I consider the Philippines home now because I was treated better there than any place in my life even with my own family that are all mostly dead or estranged !!! It's the place of dreams❤️🙏🇵🇭. Like you, I hope and pray they don't get caught up in the craziness between China and America. The Chinese do treat the fisherman there very badly .

'skin that was designed to live in the Irish bog'... I feel your struggle! 😂

No to war, yes to peace 🕊️

I was a Marine stationed in Subic Bay in 1990 .. Best duty EVER .. lots of good memories

My father fought four years in these waters, including the Battle of Leyte Gulf. His siblings and parents said "he was never the same after the war". Let's hope it never happens again!

I love the no-drama ...authentic vibe from Tommy. Favorite vlogger.

Thank you so much for doing this as I haven't been home since 1987. I know, shame on me! Brought back some memories.

60fps really helping with these, cheers!

Awesome vid. My Grandpa barely survived the Bataan death march. And yes, he was carried by a fellow soldier who happened to be the older brother of my aunts husband. He fell ill with beriberi during the march.

Thank Sabbatical for giving us free History lessons.

best vlogger out there and it's not even close, i love the way you interact with the people, know a ton of languages, and most of all THE HISTORY, you are literally an amazing tour guide, im filipino yet i learned a lot of things just by watching your videos, thank you for being authentic in doing these kinds of videos man! keep it up

fascinating how you make it interesting to listen to you talk about historical events as you travel across different country

literally one of the only channels that can keep my attention for a full 30 minutes...

Love the Palmeiras Jersey 🫡 great Brazilian soccer time ! God bless you Sabbatical

Good video Buddy. Thanks for sharing. I love the Philippines. Might see you there one day. 👍🙂

Something similar happened here in Scotland after the American naval base in Rosyth packed up and moved Tommy ! The local economy got decimated and the River Clyde has never been so empty .... By the way ,when you're hot ....You're hot ! Phew ...I can feel the heat through my tablet screen .

Love Sabbatical's information filled videos....I've learned so much... Just watched this one for the second time...and learned more.

Subic Bay more like Sabbatical Bay

Your channel is amazing, Tommy. I really enjoy watching. I am super impressed with how many different languages you speak. There are no strangers in your world!

Respect 👊 Much love from 🇨🇦 Keep it real brotha!

Love your videos man. So different from most travel vloggers (more interesting) keep posting pls!👏

There's something calming about your videos that I appreciate a lot. The vibe of yours is laid back and chill. Looking forward to your next one. :) And that you bring up the history for each of the place you visit makes it even better. Keep going buddy!

This guy has integrity.. kudos.. good job in documenting this

Best vlogger out there, doesn’t go do tourist shit but instead engages with locals while educating us viewers. Appreciate your videos💯🤘

I grew up in Subic Bay. My parents worked at the Satellite station there

Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 love your videos xxx

you gained a new fan! thanks for the commentary, I am learning something from your vlogs.

Another great, informative, heartfelt video 👌 You really have a knack for for these "slice of life " segments Tommy.

Notification squad! Good to see that you're safe.

Subic City was fun, but Olangapo was where it allllll happened! Once you left the base and crossed the bridge over $h1t river the fun began! A mile and a half of bars three high on both sides of the street. There was always a standing dare to cherry boys to drink one drink in each bar from the bridge all the way up Magsaysay blvd and back. There’s good reason why the military left. Personally, I believe the Filipino people are better off without American military presence. Such occurrences that used to take place; throwing pisos into $h1t river to watch the kids dive for them, I guarantee that the bar fine girls are much less present, and the slums I see are a mere shadow of their former selves. One of my favorite haunts back in the day was a little place called The Freak’s Stagger Inn. Cross the bridge, down Magsaysay blvd to the fire station and hook a left and stop at the Diamond Bar, then on down two blocks on the right. Used to be a ‘48 Harley sitting in the window. My father was a paratrooper that dropped in to rescue the survivors of the Bataan march. Story goes that when the Marines got there the paratroopers had already been and left.

If you want to talk to older military people, you should have gone to the Legion earlier. Or just about any bar in Barrio Barretto. They go home early, you have to go before the afternoon if you want to catch them.

Thank you for all the cultural, historical, and geographical lessons.....enjoying thoroughly! Poco a Poco!

Love ur content. Have been following ur vlog from the africa episodes. U know ur languages and history, a little like bald. Ur a cool dude. Ill keep watching ut vlog, cheers from Estonia/Finland.

To find the americans you needed to go to Bario Baretto and Baloy, thats where the bars are and close to where most Ameericana and expats in the area live. Its closer to subic town than the old base in Olongapo

I want to see the Philippines 🇵🇭 one day ! 💕

Tommy is lit 🔥🔥❤🇮🇳

Really enjoying your Philippines journey.

Oh boy, next Tommy video. I think you have to postpone all important plans for later :D

love this guy, speaks so many native language wherever he goes and chillin with the locals

Great videos on the Philippines. We hear a lot of negative stuff about the politics there, but you have shown us a different side, as you always do in your videos.

The Highest Steve Buscemi vibes. Mad respect!

good job my friend, philipines and the people are wonderful

Love your vids Tommy man! It's not just seeing new places and things it's learning a little about them too. Cheers from across the pond 🇬🇧

My lolo (grandfather) was in the Bataan death March. He lived to be 91. He passed in 09’. Boy he hated the Japanese. Even during his last years, he had dementia, but I will always remember he would randomly start yelling and have flashbacks.

Great show!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

27:23 "derecho" in Spanish translates to "right”/”straight". Intelligent people who valued creation were often healed by caring for it properly, I believe; this bridge seems to be their handiwork, among other great things from many nations. I'm happy you're about world peace too, dude; I think most know they are and the others will find out in time.

Great content. All the best Tommy. Greetings from Kaohsiung city. Be careful with he blockade if you come here. I can show you some nice monuments related to WWII and other stuff.

you know the history very well /that most pilipino dont know

It's so fun to travel with you. 재미있게 잘 봤습니다

I appreciate the research you do for the information about the places you visit. This is why your channel is so much better than the digital nomad touristy travel same old same old. Agree with the earlier comments regarding a few simple maps here and there so we may place better where you are. "Cheers to life" indeed. 👌✌️watching from Morocco.

Actually burning dry leaves is quite practical. It gets rid of mosquitoes and prevents fires

I went to high school at Proviso East in Maywood. Many of the boys... hundreds from the area enlisted and ended up as part of the Bataan death march. We have a Filipino flag flying at the memorial and even a street called Bataan.

I do like the term "West Philippines Sea" as it is truly Filipino territory!

I like how Tommy interacts with the people he meets in his videos. Sharing the culture and history is fascinating. Knowing and showing interest in the languages is great too. Easily my favorite travel blogger.

Filipinos are really friendly its very palatable wherever you go. Enjoy 🍻

I love the Philippines too. I've been there 3 times and want to come back again.

Thanks Sabbatical Tommy. Great content 👌 safe journeys buddy. ✌️❣️

Love your content bro.more informative vids like this!im from the philippines btw

I love your videos so freaking much! I'm not a big traveler but I am a huge fan of the history and biodiversity of all the places you've shared with us! I'm always paying attention to the background in your videos to see if you capture anything unique to the areas. Still astonished by the giant orb weavers you encountered while exploring Japan on the stairway in a past video!

I like your vedio, you go deep in the country and show us what others don't do

About the Bataan Death march, there are photos showing two Americans carrying one guy on a hammock attached to a bamboo pole on their sholders. Backpacker magazine had a article about the Bataan death march and the current run in the desert to commerate the WW2 march. Several survivors where interviewed about their experience.Most said it was luck and the will to survive that got them thru it. One found a hat to wear to reduce the chance of heatstroke, one guy secretly dranked a can of condensed milk on the march ,another said he was wearing a new pair of socks. The Filipinos did try to help, but the japanese prevented it or shot them as well.

I always appreciate your videos.

Oh bro good to see u ur in my country,,,u r in the right choice 😅..enjoy and have fun keep safe,,the friendly people and hospitality ❤of course 🎉

Exactly! Why cant we all just get along and have a beer or shot of some random liquor on the beach lol. Love your videos and attitude towards life man. Truly living the dream!

My home town!!! Maraming salamat kapatid!

Thanks for showing us the Philippines and particularly Bataan. Never been there, didn't know how beautiful it was. My grandfather and his brother were Filipino marines at the time, they were POWs on the Bataan death march. They both escaped but my granduncle was shot but my grandfather survived, for which I'm eternally grateful. War is a terrible thing, especially when juxtaposed to a beautiful location. Safe travels and ingat ❤

Thank you for this discussion on the Philippines.

seriously, what a way to start my day/video picturing that place up in flames instead of its beauty. Damn Sabbatical LOL! haha Much love

yea bro i trust you when u say u might move here for u r genuine compared to other youtube who just say for the sake of view and gain subscribers from the country

If you went all the way down to Mariveles from Subic, you should've visited the Mt. Samat war memorial from Highway 302. Cabcaben would have been the best vantage point for Corregidor and that's where there are small boats that cross the North Channel to the island. That's from where the Japanese launched wave after wave of invaders but were cut down by Corregidor's heroic coastal defenses between Infantry Point and North Point below the Kindley airfield at the "tail" of the tadpole-shaped island before the island fell on May 6, 1942. I spent some 8 years running adventure tours on Corregidor in the 1990s and developed a deep love and appreciation for the island's place in history. I remember designing up to 24 kms. of hiking trails based on a 1938 engineering map of the island given by a veteran that reflected what was on the island before the war. At one point, my team guided the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, the C I A's former associate deputy director for clandestine operations and the 15th Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and his wife Diana through the trails, tunnels and ruins.

When I was in the U.S. Navy we pulled into Subic Bay I remember walking into that club back in 2004 and now it’s a rats nest. But of course the US had long since left that base but you could still see remnants of years gone by. There was a bar and grill place right by the beach that had pretty good hamburgers and they still had placards on the wall from the various special forces group who operated and trained in the area. Navy seal and Army Green Beret combat Dive team.

I had an old Army buddy who was a prior Marine and stationed in the Phillipines. He absolutely loved being stationed there, said nothing compared to it.

Hey Bro nice video, we want to go also go to Philippinen 🇵🇭 in this December, how is the weather than? Is it possible to travel there? Love greetings 🇵🇭😊

Another good video brother stay safe God bless

We filipino loves you tommy❤

Kuya Tomy Thank you coming to the Philippines hope you come back here again please go to the other sites like Baguio City(former American base) in Benguet, Cebu, Bohol, Siargao, Boracay, Davao, Zamboanga, Siquijor, Camiguin and many more ehhehe , Be safe to your future travels!!! MABUHAY KA!! Love from the Friendliest Asians on earth in the Philippines 🇵🇭

15:13 Lol. That is a Jackfruit! 😃Man! that Ginebra Gin is super strong. Good on you for taking two shots! Awesome Vlog! Stay safe. Mabuhay!

Thank you for loving my country, “ GOD” bless you always

Dude Awsome video! I enjoyed the history lesson, good stuff

I read that drinking out of respect when invited, excludes you from being an alcoholic. Happy trails.🌍

Enjoying your channel very interesting im from england...yep every one just wants peace.

No to war. PEACE❤

There's currently 12,000 US troops right now in the Philippines for a 3 weeks yearly military exercises with the Armed Forces of the Philippines

looks amazing

Never let anyone see you give money to anyone....that's magnet to all beggars

Oh we coming back we love the Philippines 🇵🇭 🇺🇸

Always the Philippines caught up between a conflict of other nations. Because of the greediness of these leaders many innocent lives have to sacrifice. Most of the Filipino people are still live in poverty but contented , we just want to live peaceful life for our race. But even if world war 3 will start we Filipinos are willing to fight till death, because these intruders had no right to cause us sufferings anymore, not in our time anymore. Those greedy and crazy people who always caused misery and suffering for other races, "There days will be numbered" and history will always remember them as villain. I really can't imagine how these people who always caused war or conflict to other countries can still slept at night without hunting by those souls who died because of their craziness about war. Do not forget that we are not GOD and there is still more powerful than us, who has the last judgement at the end, and He will going to judge US according to our deeds. God knows what we are doing and what we are thinking. He knows our intentions, we cannot decieve Him. So please repent and start thinking how to help humanity rather than help eliminate human race. Those powerful people behind these wars. Yes, humanity will forget your atrocities, but GOD never forget. And those who have caused sufferings to human kind " Your days will be numbered" and GOD will sent you punishment surely you will be perished! Like He did on the Canaanites He will going to punish those sinful races thru the face of this earth. I though humans are the most intelligent creature, why with so much exposed and knowledge on past wars and histories we still not learned that WARS only caused sufferings to all of us, we are all affected. Nobody will end victory. It breaks only peace, life, family, economy, stability, and trust between nations to nations. What happened to those ambitious leaders like Hitler, Stalin, greedy Kings and monarchs in History that caused disaster to many native people, Where are they now? Are they still alive today? Did their earthly power gives them immortality to live 100, 200, or 300 years of their life's. No they still affected on GOD's cursed to Humanity and that is DEATH. Bible never failed to teach us morality if only those ambitious leaders who caused wars and sufferings to many countries in the past and commit atrocities to human kind knows this bible verse , maybe they might prevent themselves from commiting the biggest sin to human kind . "Mark. 8 Verses 34 to 38 [36] For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? We should not all forget that we are still flesh, and we are all going back to soil where we came from. So please while we are still alive, Do our best to help humanity and sufferings of human lives. Filipino people are peaceful race throughout in History we never became aggressive to our neighboring countries.

The gang at the end got me dead 😂😂😂 u the best Saba!!

You need to accompany Josey on a tour of someplace outside of Africa... perhaps México.

An actual vlogger who knows what he's talking about. With free history lessons. Hope you visit other SEA nations too

Que bueno verte!, que pena que no puedo seguirte en Patreon...abrazoooo

I see you've met the REAL OG locals in the area @9:40. They belong to the Aeta tribe and yeah, they're from the mountains found in Central Luzon but they used to live in the lowlands until the Spaniards and non-Aeta Filipinos drove them into the mountains. You could compare their long history to the history of the Native Americans in the US.

Thanks

Nice work man, great video 📹

nice video about I country I also love, the people are great and its a great place to ride a motorcycle, even traffic can be fun with the right bike

This has to be the best channel on RU-vid! Great content tommy

For almost a decade, the previous Filipino president, Duterte, spurned the US and tried hard to cozy up to the Chinese with the hope that they wouldn’t encroach on the Philippines’ territories and would stop harassing its fishermen. However, the tactic was an abject failure. The Chinese only respect strength, not weakness. The new Filipino president’s strategy of inviting back the US military is born out of desperation, since his military isn’t strong enough to stand up to the Chinese. The US had already made clear that the mutual defense treaty with the Philippines also encompasses all the disputed territories in the South China Sea, so unless China wants war with a much superior navy, it’s going to back off and look for easier victims to harass. Vietnam is the most obvious target here. It would really be ironic, if the Vietnamese also invite the US navy back to Cam Ranh Bay as a deterrent against Chinese aggressions. China doesn’t want to be encircled by the US military but it is doing its best to make that a reality 🤷🏼‍♂️