The Hong Kong That Tourists Never See ( 

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Oh I felt sad for that Nigerian guy,he is obviously really homesick for Nigeria and was so pleased just to hear someone who had been to his country and could talk alittle about it.Its so sad when people have to leave their homeland just to get enough money to survive and far away from friends and family

See you Hong Kong. Love you guys almost like family, even if I'll always be a gwei lo. 加油

15:00 the barber appears to have been interrupted judging by him standing up with undone lower lol

This bro just got an army of ladies that await his arrival on any given land mass

those dudes sharing their meal with ya, solid fellas

Echoing the India as an amazing goal. Also Taiwan and Phillipines!! Really enjoyed this Hong Kong series. It's amazing how originally I thought you were Africa focused, then South America, now Asia. Everywhere you go I appreciate the narrative and history and especially the locals you meet. Keep it up!

The scene where y’all were digging into that Indian food together reminds me of the friendly Moroccans in Casablanca who shared their couscous with me. Authentic food with random strangers- No bond quite like it 😅

Really liked the bit about the Nigerian dude with the toilet in front of his place of business ( ? ). When you showed up, he had to zip up his pants. This is not something you'd see in your typical tourist video. Enjoyed your video as always.

Why was the barbers pants undone 😂… I feel like he was expecting company and you rocked up instead 😅

That was cool those fellows shared their meal with you, wonderful hospitality! ❤️ PB n' J French toast sound pretty darn good. Thank you for sharing Tommy.

That panorama of Shenzhen at 24:18 also got me feels. I can recognize Nanshan and especially the area of Shekou that used to be my home for over a decade. It was also home to countless other foreigners as it was in the top 5 places in China with the most foreign residents for decades before the pandemic hit. It was in fact one of the few places in the entire country where foreigners could reside back when China first started to experiment with capitalism in the late 1970s. Not sure if I'll ever go there again since after leaving in 2020 I have now moved on from China both on a professional and personal level, but I have fond memories of the place.

Sabbatical knows how to show shit without sounding pretentious or giving me stress. Very calm personality that ends up showing in your great videos, hope to meet you one day if you ever come to Central America.

I'm just a guy from the United States. I got to travel to Hong Kong, China, and Macau, in 2014, with great friends. It was a blast! So, getting to watch this was like revisiting an old friend. It feels so, good, and like it was yesterday...:)

I really loved your Argentina and Hong Kong vlogs. It’s always a pleasure when you can share places you’re fairly familiar with

13:26, such a wholesome moment you and your triad contact shared! Both eating the cha guo together, and you said "Tim" ( sweet in cantonese ), she acknowledged by saying "hmm"

Stumbled across this channel. Absolutely love this relaxed style of showing us around, felt like walking beside this guy, subscribed 👍

My friend and I were approached once by an Indian guy in Tsim Sha Tsui offering to sell us suits. We said "no we don't need suits but do you have any hashish?" And he did! He was our go to guy for many years after that. I wonder if he's still around.

You may have taken the best sabbatical anyone’s ever taken 😅

I’m the valedictorian from my class at Tony Ma Technical Institute and I approve this video

Sabbatical the Master Story Teller! Your unassuming guide seems intelligent in a quiet way! Hope we get to see her more in your Hong Kong/China series

Love it when Tommy uploads :)

Glad you enjoyed your time there. I have to say I'm very jealous as I haven't been back to visit my family there in 3 years due to the strict pandemic protocols they've had. Thankfully they've removed a lot of the protocols for traveling there, so I'll be going back this year. Chung King Mansions was infamous for a few things... good cheap Indian restaurants with cheap beer (where a lot of high school kids go to eat and drink), where you could get a private own room to eat in with your group, and a place to go score drugs. Because Nepal is a big producer of Hashish, and there's a Nepalese population around Chung King, there would be dealers around there, in the rooms and especially in the park next to it, but there's also more of a police presence around there that know this goes on, so getting busted was a common occurrence too... but I don't mean to speak bad about the Nepalese, as there are a lot of very nice ones, and a lot of former Gurkhas are security guards in HK, and they're all really nice guys. You are right that despite Chung King's reputation, it's not a dangerous place at all... families walk by it shopping at night every night, and you never hear of any violence. It just feels a bit more sketchy compared to other places, cause it's kind of grimy, but by the looks of it from your video, it's actually been refurbished and is nicer than I remember it. The fights that happened then was around the 90s, but you don't get that kind of stuff there anymore. I was initially a bit surprised at the price you paid for the room, as I remember them to be around $60 a night, but that was in the 90s-early 2000s, so I guess you have to account for inflection. Actually, that park you're walking through, Kowloon Park, and that area with the metal sculptures, has a big Kung Fu demonstration every weekend, organized by local martial arts schools and bodies (very cool event), it's actually a very nice park, and Tsim Sha Tsui is a really nice area, but you know you're deep in Hong Kong when you see green taxis... You'll notice that the Taxis in Hong Kong and Kowloon are red, but when you get to the New Territories, they're green. It's cool that you went off the beaten path and visited the countryside, it's something a lot of visitors don't see. There's also a lot of out laying islands that are also a part of Hong Kong, like Lama Island and Cheung Chau... that have good out door seafood restaurants. You're totally right about the artificially inflated property prices. Hong Kong has a ton on land, but all the free land is owned by the Hong Kong government, and the vast majority of it is kept undeveloped. The Government will say it's to keep Hong kong's nature untouched, but the reality is it's to artificially in flat housing prices to make the property tycoons rich (though the greenery is a positive byproduct of greed). See you walking around Hong Kong, the streets, on the mini buses etc. really makes me miss my home so much. I don't know if you got a chance, but the red mini buses deeper into Kowloon in areas like Mong Kok, the drivers are nuts, a lot of which have connections to the triads. Hong Kong people really do care about their city, and take pride in it. You're right that it's a juxtaposition between chaotic city planning, but also cleanliness. The city planning you mentioned is really a result of building along natural trails carved along side the mountain on HK Island, and Kowloon side, formed a long time ago, which is why the city isn't in a grid system. The only wide straight road in Hong Kong is Nathen road, the road Chung King mansions is on, and it's like that because it was built in the fashion after the boulevards found in France, but the rest of the city was formed organically, when makes it a very interesting city to walk around, cause no two streets are the same. Hong Kong people very good people and very peaceful people. It's a really great place to visit as a tourist. Anyway, it was great living vicariously through you during this trip, seeing my old stomping grounds. I have a lot of good memories going to Chung King mansions as a teen with friends to get a curry and go drinking. I lived in Tsim Sha Tsui East for a year and have a lot of found memories of that area... Hope you had a great time.

Never change the format of your videos Tommy. Love how straightforward they are

Thanks for taking us along.

Amazed that building is still there! I had so many adventures there in the past.

Great work Tommy! I really enjoyed this one. Thank you, bud!

Love your videos about Hong Kong, have a different touch to many aspects that few people would like to share and talk about, you did a very good job on showing people a different vibe of Hong Kong, in a extraordinary way.

Miss my hong kong days but never ventured too deep in new territories. Amazing series by Sabbatical !

Excellent commentary. You have a relaxed way of presenting. Hope we get to see the mainland.

Glad you enjoyed HK. With pandemic restrictions rolling back, I'm looking forward to finally be able to return. Thanks for sharing!

This is my new favorite travel channel

dude this series makes me want to go back to HK immediately. THE BEST place.

These Asia videos have been awesome so far man! Would love to hear your China story, but I guess we'll just have to wait to tell it once you're back there. Keep up the great videos!

You’re friend on this adventure is awesome.

Your videos are so calming

Good day Tommy.... Thank you for your videos they give you a view of our world and how other people live it is a pleasure to live vicariously through you!!! Unfortunately due to unforseen health issues I can no longer travel. Your videos give me hope. Thank you

I love that you are Soo respectful.

This was a good one Tommy...I recognize many of those places and the park with the Filipinas picnicking really took me back..didn't see any Nepalese merchants with the blankets out though .

I recall when I first began watching your videos way back, for some reason I was not enthused. It was more so me than you, not sure what I was not connecting to. Fast forward to now, I really enjoy your videos. You go places many do not. You say things others won't. Sometimes you are brutally honest where others won't be. Yet you are always polite, courteous, and insightful. Your personality gets people to open up to you and welcome you. You bring great insight to us, your viewers. Hence you have become one of my favorite channels and I never miss a new episode. For me your channel was an acquired passion, and i am glad I stuck around. Kudos for another fine presentation!

Love your work man, keep it coming.

The best travel blogger out there

Hong Kong was like a second home for me. I was born and have lived in the United States my whole life, but every summer I would travel to Hong Kong to see my dad (a total of 12 times from 2007-2019) who lived all over Hong Kong, on Hong Kong Island and the new territories. I haven't been in almost 4 years, and my dad has since left Hong Kong because of the current political environment. I really miss that city, especially going to the most outskirt, farreach places to can get to in the new territories.

something calming about these vlogs

Got hooked on your HK travel videos, glad to see that you enjoyed your brief stay in the city!

Huge fan of your videos, they give off a calming vibe of appreciating the world for all its flaws. can't wait for you to go to the mainland and would love to see you do taiwan as well. thanks for all your work.

bro has contacts all around the world. Its amazing the people you can meet when you open yourself up to new experiences, or just simply talk to people.

Wow i'm amazed by your understanding of what's going on in Hong Kong man! Detailed info, nice video! Thank you for visiting Hong Kong!

Tommy your vlogs are epic. Not flashy yet steeped in history and a light on the locals goings about their daily grind. I just binged your Hong Kong trip and im sooo late for Dinner 😅😅

My favorite part of HK. Used to have an office across from The Royal Garden in TST. I’ve wandered every single side street and alleyway. Good times.

dude was legit in the village I live in here in HK. Awesome

Nice work! Thank you!

Absolutely amazing series, please stay in HK for a while I miss the place so much 😭. I need as many of these videos as possible!

My city. You nailed it with this HK series. EDIT: dammn you're leaving already. I loved the Japan series, too. Although it was way too short for such a geographically and culturally diverse country, you did an amazing job of seeking out the local culture.

A different world. I appreciate where I am more. Many people never see anything from around the world and how others live. You are making a difference educating the people around the world of our customs and us with their customers. So interesting, Thank You!

Dudeeee! I am so curious what you were doing over there, who is here waiting to watch a Sabbatical's prequel!

Enjoyed the video and tour as usual.

17:06 I hope he didnt leave the mans handshake hanging lol

My fiancée lives in Shenzhen. After 3 yrs we got to see each other in Macau in December 2022. Unfortunately I had to come back to the US for work, so I can return once I can get a visa to mainland. All the letdowns and forced separation have become a way of life for us now.

Till we meet again! Really enjoyed this video 🙏🏻

for $25, no complain! The building you stayed has the best Indian food in HK.

Thank you, Tommy. Another BANGER!!! Paz 🙏

Hi Tommy, it’s been a while. Hope you enjoyed your R & R. Thanks for taking us along on your journey. I enjoyed your informative, Hong Kong videos. Your “ cubby hole” at the guest house, looked neat and clean 😊. Well done videos, us usual. See you at your next destination. Continued blessings. Much love ❤️ from NJ.

Hey man, seems like we may have some shared history in a way. I also spent a significant part of my life in Mainland china (as a white foreigner), I'm not living there anymore and also have very mixed feelings about the current state of things - The place I once called home has changed so much.

Chungking Mansions !!!! Tommy you’re the best, thank you so much for showing footage from here. Seeing the location where Chungking Express was shot, unbelievable ❤

Very interesting stuff here! Love the history and random info bits; they keep me coming back for more

It’s been a year since i watched your vids and i feel like how u felt missing an old friend, peace and blessing to u my brother! From usa

Great video, love the way you explain things, I am visually impaired blind, and I love the way you describe things, out there keep it up. Chico muy buen video, ven cantado tu Videos desde la primera vez qué estuviste en Argentina, soy mexicano viviendo en California, el norte de California saludos. en el valle del Silicon 31:55

Stayed in Chungking mansion the first time I was in Honk Kong and loved it! There was something different about the place… Thankfully later I had a bigger salary and could afford better places, but every time I was in Hong Kong I visited this building! Good exchange rates! Changed a lot of RMB to USD there 😂

thanks for another great vid!!!

Wonderful video, I love to join you on all of your journeys. Stay safe! 🤙

She is a soft spoken Triad.

This is the reason I'm subscribed to your channel. Amazing content!!

Wow you dived so deep and even lots of ‘shabby’ places. Thanks for sharing

I love this man’s videos! Hong kong 🇭🇰 seems like a cool place to visit

Very cool video! I stayed at Chungking Mansions back in 1990 for a couple nights - quite an eye opener but memorable. I hope to someday see Hong Kong again.

I stayed in Chun King mansions when I first moved to HK in 1988. I still live here and it's where I call home. I’m originally from the U.K. I live in the New Territories of HK and often cycle along the road where you look across Deep Bay into Shenzhen (Shekou District).

7 years there. I called it home. Miss it now but difficult to go back.. great presentation.

This was a really good vlog, I never knew there were many diverse cultues. Great vid!

We need to start a petition to get Sabbatical cast in Rush Hour 4! He’s already living a movie 🎬!

Hong Kong is a really beautiful city 🌆 even with all its flaws. There's so many layers to it.

Love your videos!

Really enjoy your videos man . I feel like I’m going to these places through you .

I was admiring the clean streets of the city and remembering that's how Chicago and some other big city's where until recently. Then you commented on the rules for feeding animals and you like the fact you can walk through clean streets no gum etc. I miss those days here in the states. Really a downturn here in the states. Great job again You have a very unique and enjoyable way of creating a vlog and story telling.

Sabbatical should have far more VIEWS HISCSUCH A POPULAR VLOGGER PEOPLE LOVE HIS VLOGGS

Very touching ending Brother 🤜🤛

Amazing video Tommy your adventures look amazing

12:30 Selina, (hope her name is correct) If you read this. I really like your appearance in the video's. You are very modest, friendly and cute looking. And a good tour guide. 10/10. Thank you Selina!☺✌

I'd love to see you blogging from India someday

At 14:58 you disturbed the man releasing some tension stroking it to the east and the one he loves best hahahaha

great video!

The little woman walking around with you is absolutely beautiful 😊

Foreigners don't often get to see Chungking Mansions, are you for real? The place is full of foreign backpackers for example.

Great video amazing work! Job well done!

Awesome vlog tour! Miss my time in HK as well.

Can you please show us around nyc next time you are home Tommy? I would love to see you go to the top of Liberty ;-) Cheers from Down Under.

Brilliant absolutely brilliant, take a bow son you are a champion . This may seem strange but the noise off street crossing alarms on the lights can only be Hong Kong , 5 years ago I left the girl who had my heart there an this brings so many memories back . Thank you from the bottom of my heart , still miss you miss Chung

DBC..DAILY Blessings Coming!.. Thank You ALL for Everything, Everyday!!

great video, the china series is by far your best content of all, also the most interesting (at least for me)

It's a better day when I get a notification of a new Sabbatical video.