Josie has to be the best companion he's had in any of his vids. In every vid she's in she adds alot and has so much personality

Josy really showed her communication ability here, keeping ‘motorbike guy’ in a humorous mood as he was a bit aggressive then refusing to say if she was Yoruba or it. She’s stands up for herself but knows when to stay relaxed. Well done girl.

The moment I saw the dude talking about the chief and the chief saying no cameras, the African in me knew, instinctively, money was to exchange hands.. aaah, my people

Chief:'we don't allow filming here. Under any circumstances whatsoever.' Tommy: (offers money) Chief: 'well...where would you like to start!?'

I love the lady who owned the bar/restaurant on Snake Island. She cracks me up!

I enjoyed the talk with the restaurant lady. She was true to herself and didn't let the dudes try to get something out of Tommy and Josey

Your relationship with Josie is awesome. Great couple.

You scaring the school kids might've been my favorite moment ever on your channel lol Funny af

Tommy is so savage. Nigerian Island Politics 😁😁

Josie is good at dealing with people.

The chief charged you exactly what it costs to get another CD of christmas music.

Josey has some balls on her eh? that was awesome to hear her say "why should i give you my name if you didn't give us yours" that was more or less what the exchange was. Beautiful haha.

Josey knows how to keep herself save, like damn 👏👏

I love the way Tommy suggested a "donation" to the community. I'm sure the chief duly reported it to the finance committee of the island -- real sure!

Nigeria is such a huge country. You haven't even begun exploring Nigeria, the diversity is too much that you're going to have a totally different experience per region.

Tommy and Josie are the perfect pair. How you fearlessly go anywhere and handle any situation is worthy of emulation. I've lived all my life here in.lahos and even I have never been to snake island. Glad to see the place through the eyes of a camera. There's this relics and arts market you'd love where you can get souvenirs; carvings, paintings, clothes, beads and so on. It's at Jakande first gate just after Lekki phase 1. Tourists always frequent the place.

Very interesting content, you both visited places most KZfaqrs wont even think of , also the way you interact with the locals is so cool. I wish you safe vlogging wherever you go next. BIG THUMBS UP!

The chief is in the bar spending his $10

Tommy playing with those school kids had me smiling so hard my face hurt. + I didn't even know Oshe and Eshe were different. I'm not yoruba, I'm Nigerian tho, and Tommy is schooling me. 🤣

It fascinates me how Tommy learns new languages, being Kenyan and having watched your Kenya videos I found your Swahili knowledge too good. Now you speak Yoruba and French, so amazing

I've been watching a while now and this is really the best stuff to watch on KZfaq I think. You're both really great and admirable, thank you for sharing all of this

Kudos to both of you, I was born and raised in Lagos, I have never heard of The Snakes Island until now. Thank you for sharing this part of the island with us🙏🏽

I feel deeply ashamed for my country... You can literally see how deeply entrenched corruption is in our culture and society...

Tommy is a fearless man. You thread were angels fear to walk.

Love these Nigerian episodes!

You probably visited the more undevelopped southern part of Snake Island, other parts of the island are more developped, especially the West (opposite Tincan Island) with heavy industry like ship-building and repair and even an airport/heliport to serve the oil industry. There are many parts of Lagos State which have much more vegetation, especially east of Lekki and south of Epe. It's just like New York, many uninformed people think of a big city with skyscrappers, but when you go upstate between Albany and the Canadian border you will find much wilderness.

I admired the restaurant owner. ...she handled things well

35:38 The "thank you" from one Kid and the kid in the middle smiling, so heartwarming.

Paying off the community leaders-a tale as old as time!

💰Money is always the lubricant for safe passage in Nigeria! Every time and everywhere! Always!

Tommy can easily live in an African village. i admire his tenacity The spice they use is scotch bonnet which is super spicy, very very hot, known as 'mother-in law' in South Africa.

Your African partner is something else! She puts a positive vibes on every situation!😎give her a medal!!lol ✌

you're making me learn alot about Lagos i'm a Ghanaian and i have been to Lagos a couple of times, i always wanted to see other parts of Lagos Thanks to you and Josie i'm enjoying every bit of this trip right in the comfort of my home Nigeria is a beautiful country to be honest Viva Nigeria Viva Africa

Usually in any traditional place or town when you arrive as a stranger you must report to the local palace to meet the chief or the elders to let them know what you are there to do. This is a common traditional practice in almost all of Africa. It's just that these days people are lacking the traditional etiquette so people tend not to know a lot and to inform others from abroad. Meeting the chief or the elders always gives you a smooth passage or priority on whatever you are there for.

Only started watching ur videos yesterday, I can’t stop watching them now, such a genuine bloke who knows how to interact with all walks of life, 👌👌👌 keep it up

I wanna spend the rest of my life with that lady hotel owner!! She's a vibe 😍

theres this girl i used to date shes nigerian, mixed, lebanese and austrian she lived on snake island😇😇 she attented my school in apapa lagos , good old days ,

Here's to many more videos from Africa. Keep 'em coming, Tommy.

Brilliant content as always Tommy loved the lady serving you in the bar ❤ stay safe 🙏👍❤ 🇬🇧

Josey is a huge asset to your travels tommy, you should treat her like the queen she is 👸

Love what you are doing brother, be safe and enjoy

Much love from Nigeria 🇳🇬

These videos are so damn fun to watch. I love to travel exactly like this and I have to say, you are brave man. This companion of yours add 1000% to these experiences. Great find!

Thanks for the insightful video, lots of bravery. I have traveled extensively in Africa and was not able to get the full flavor of the local experiences like you. My hat off to you both, best wishes, and continued safe journey. I will visit some of the places you showed in your video the next time I make it to Nigeria and the Niger Delta region.

“You can’t film here.” “But we talked to the Chief.” “Come back you can’t run here!” “But this is our boat” “Okay…”

My G and miss J. You guys are the bomb. They way you handle those guys is legendary. Love the content. I have never been or heard of snake island, and I’m Nigerian. Good videos , I literally can’t wait to see both of your videos.

Thank you Sabbatical for making these videos so that us foreigners can understand more african customs and culture.

Im living through you on your travels. Thank youbrother,Thank you.

You’re doing a great job

I would like to say that 50 percent of the Lagos mainland is not a slum. Not to say that there are no slums in Lagos mainland. There are areas in the mainland that are as beautiful as Victoria island maybe not so much expensive houses like ikoyi but still hold their own. I think it would be better he visits the mainland and not listen to general motions. Areas like gbagada, omole, Ikeja gra, ikeja, surulere these are areas known as Lagos before lekki and vi. Just my opinion but the mainland is divided, the slums and the developed areas.

Two things that you must never do às a young person-- 1.)You must not ask an elder what is your name. It is considered a taboo in Yoruba culture. 2.)You just have to be careful in Yorubaland not to enter a chief's house before the chief.I noticed Josey moving into the hall before Billy. It is considered rude in Yorubaland.

I love your vids. They are so great. I wish I could travel like you do. Thanks for sharing.

Wow tommy and josey we will surely miss you guys when you leave nigeria love you guys ❤️😘😘

Loved the part where you played with the children.

Josy is awesome. Watching her manage the local muscle in a confident manner is great content. I hope she does tours for when I visit lol

Another great adventure, had a blast watching, thanks for the video! That lady in the restaurant was great and this guy's wanting alcohol, handled very well.

This was like a game... you had a mission to explore, you had to cross the sea somehow to get to the island and discover the hidden treasure, but before you can do that you encounter these characters that you need to engage with.... then one of them stops you from moving forward with your mission. But since it reminded you of another level you've played before, you knew you just needed to see the chief and show some "appreciation" before you could continue on your mission. Side mission complete.... you are now free to continue with your main mission and explore the island.

I can fully appreciate and understand your sentiments... as I did the same thing and spent most of my life travelling, working and exploring this strangely amusing and wonderful planet...15 years of which, was spent living and working in Tanzania, Zanzibar, The Gambia, Egypt, Nigeria and back to Tanzania again. Before moving to other continents. And I agree... travelling is a very interesting, amusing, exciting, healthy and illuminating thing to do... as getting to see, feel and experience different countries, cultures, and situations..and getting a better insight of different attitudes, behaviors, thoughts and aspirations... of both the local people and also strangely the diversity of different expats is always revealing...and of course the additional mix of tourists, travellers and gap year students adventuring around or going country to country - trying to get a taste and sample of all the different subtle(?) flavours of each country on their respective bucket lists. Amusing themselves with the attention received (or in some cases enjoying the lack of),..and .the diversity, humanity and the shock of the new! Which of course is all very enticing, addictive and memorable. Especially as being white in some countries means our status is often automatically elevated to VIP or the positive person of interest category ....which was flattering at first, but also highly revealing too! ...or facing the opposite in other countries where I was sometimes perceived and held as person of threat or concern until proven otherwise....again typical revealing too! But I have come to realise there are some humans who simply love to live and be in one place, while others like to travel and live in new and unfamiliar places. ....and funnily in each country I lived there was always a similar mix and diversity of people either generally happy and content where they were, through to others bored, restless or desperate for change, ...or to get the chance to move to greener pastures...whilst a majority simply accepted life for what it is and we're happy just being alive! But some of us simply can't help but have itchy feet 😆

Josy is great. She is so infectious with her smile and humor.

28:50 " I'm suffering here " proceeds to smoke , and has 2 smartphones .

I hate Bill's attitude. That's not how to treat visitors or strangers.

Your video edits are spot on

I love these exciting adventures

Props for being so brave and sharing your experience! U a bad to the bone gringo! ✊

Tommy the constant 'okeeey' kills me every video hahaha

Another excellent video 👍👍👍🔥🔥

I truly enjoy your videos. Keep up the beautiful work.

Dude you do a really good job at showing the world how cool people are out there. Its kind of helping me with some agoraphobia I have been having since the pandemic started. This makes me want to go back out there.

You guy's need to be safe.... and careful Out there it's not a joke I know you are but it real... Great Volg 👌😊🥰

I'm always praying for your safety!

thank for this vlog i enjoyed it so much, it was fun.

one of my favorite videos. quite humorous.

Man, you deserve waaay more subs!!

Wow Sabbatical i like this channel so much... I knew it when and kept to be a fun when it was about 79k subscribers know at 140 subscribers wow ❤️

You guys are awesome. Love your videos

Love to you both. Love watching these videos x

Wow bro you are doing verry good job you are going to win this world

You guys should come to Benin city I will be glad to show you around

The island is very spacious and serene... Love love love

That lady that owns the restaurant she as the true nija spirit .love the fact she communicated with you excellently.

In off beat places staying relaxed and non-combative is the best road to take.

Good luck on 2t50k subs. Great channel

For some reason I can't stop watching these videos. I really enjoy seeing everyone in the restaurant that was great and glad to see still the girl walking with you I forget her name but she's awesome *edit* Josie aka Uganda barbie

Another fantastic video!

I like how our man here always keeps a cute chick around in his travels.

Tommy was smart to know what the chief wanted 😂😂

What a lovely episode. Really enjoyed all the banter in that restaurant. That’s Nigerians - playful, sarcastic and down to earth

Billy Gates of the island OMG Josie that was incredible!! So smart of you and so fast . I have watch many of both of your guy's videos and that was by far the best .

Tommys negotiating skills are top notch he's more Nigerian than I am

"what's up G"

I laughed at your interaction with the kids. You made my day.

I don't know exactly why but your channel FASCINATES me. Your assistant is also very likeable and beneficial. Please upload more videos as I seem to be drawn to your channel. God Bless!

A shakedown everywhere you visit. You have way more patience than I would and handle the situations better than I would.

Next Time,when you settle the Chief,you Must ask him to give you a Guide WHO will Take you round and protect you from any harassment.There are harsh and unfriendly people Out there WHO will demand settlement,demand you buy them Drinks ,give them Money etc.stay Safe ,wont you visit Abuja ( the Capital of Nigeria)

Safe travels to you both. Awesome content 👏

The women who ran the restaurant was very nice. She spoke English well and protected her customers.

Chief change him mind as soon as donation enter, hmmm this life have money oo

8:00 the guiding angel steps in whenever tommy is in trouble! UG women are the best in Africa. They twerk 4:00, they protect , are good in every department! I hope Tommy realizes he has a keeper! Josey adds so much spice to the sabbatica channel ! Asante sana dada. henry, Dar,TZ.Why is it called snake island? Great video. really enjoyed and learned a lot.best part as always interaction with the school kids!

You are a master of vlogging art now... Highly informative and interesting..

what an amazingly varied city Lagos is and how beautiful the landscape must once have been.