I'm Going Home. Wish me luck.

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About 4 months ago, back before COVID-19, I lost my passport in the hills of Munnar during a bike trip to start 2020. This video is a quick update about the many steps to get it back into my hands after it traveled more than I did. Place your bets on whether or not this American will actually fly back from India on July 16th.
Thank you for everyone who sent birthday wishes!
All kite flying tips highly appreciated. We have two weeks to master this.
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Songs in this video:
1) Turn the Lights On - SJMR
2) Bird - Kazi Jay
3) I'll Follow You - Future Canyons
4) Only Gets Better - Kylie Odetta
5) We Can Go Anywhere - Future Canyons
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Erik Douds is an adventure filmmaker who has biked 10,000+ miles with teammate Annalisa van den Bergh while overcoming the obstacles of type 1 diabetes. Their work has been featured on the cover of Adventure Cyclist Magazine (100,000+ distribution), used for print ads inside Outside Magazine (2.8M readers), and he is a global ambassador for Beyond Type 1 (1M+ followers).
Personal Website: erikdouds.com
Website for Type 1s: diabadass.com

[@ErikDouds]

Reall cool interactive by NYTimes about flight cancellations before/after COVID: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/21/business/coronavirus-airline-travel.html

[@sharadhijoshi979]

Yaayyy!!!!...finally you get your passport!! I feel so relieved for you! Enjoy your remaining days in India.

[@ErikDouds]

Remaining days have extended by two weeks :) I'm not complaining

[@Vishnu-ff8ep]

Birthday wishes Erik.. Stay strong.

[@Rollno-sz7kb]

❤

[@user-ko7oo2qg1g]

Good luck man. Happy for you. Take care.

[@PattiMontella]

I've enjoyed watching your videos while I am in lockdown at the Art of Living Ashram in Bangalore. Be safe and happy!

[@drsoumyabehera6242]

Belated Happy birthday bro ,have a safe journey

[@tetheredexpat909]

So much joy in your posts, Erik! Way to see the glass half full no matter what curve balls come your way. Best of luck with the journey home. Hope to connect in person at Slipstream soon!

[@ErikDouds]

Thank you thank you. Let’s see if it will be virtual or in person! Flight is now July 24th...fingers crossed

[@shivanisingh-xk6pv]

Happy belated birthday🎂

[@AkashGajinkar]

Good Luck, still 3 More weeks to Go, before leaving we want more videos so that we and you could watch some of the amazing experiences you had during this amazing stay, and now its monsoon rainy season take extra care .

[@prat8527]

Good luck homie safe travels

[@ranjangowda9145]

❤️❤️❤️ travel safe Eric! India loves you!!

[@Esquarious]

Enjoy your last few weeks in India! Glad it all worked out in the end and looking forward to having our national treasure back in The States.

[@thelastcarbon1225]

Keep it up bro, and happy birthday!

[@ErikDouds]

Appreciate it!!

[@JtObservingLife]

Best of luck! Reach home safely man !

[@ErikDouds]

It should be an adventure. Thank you for the wishes

[@InvincibleJets87]

The golden kurta looks fab on you.... Belated Happy birthday..... I stumbled upon your videos some months back.... I m super happy that you can go back home..... Wish you all the health and more smiles....

[@ErikDouds]

Thanks for being here and the birthday wishes! Let's see if the flight actually happens

[@mridulamishra357]

Happy Belated Birthday Erik😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@ErikDouds]

Feel like that is the appropriate amount of emojis 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@soul6210]

Whoa...look at you... Fab...😎golden kurta, passport , wide smile... belated best wishes Erik... ✨✨Your patience and positivity finally worked...I wonder how your host family is feeling... Well it's always mixed feelings at such times... Heheh ...all this will become a memory and fade off some day but the impact always remains and hope most of it is positive...the puppy drinking water was the best 😇and I read you are packing pressure cooker as well 😁👍hope to get an update before you leave after all the packing ...stay blessed...cases are on a rise so stay safe Erik...😊stay safe all ...👍

[@chandanprabhu2268]

Have a safe flight Erik, keep doing what you love and stay blessed.

[@ErikDouds]

Thank you so much for the well wishes.

[@madhvidaxini4120]

Happy belated birthday Erik 🎉🎂! We'll miss that lil garden background , those cutie dogs and that grafatti on the wall in your vlogs. Be back soon! ❤️

[@ErikDouds]

Thank you for the birthday wishes! I'll miss everything here so much

[@madhvidaxini4120]

Gosh Erik! Haven't seen you this much happy and all smily face as you were while telling about you going home. 😁 Aww!! Heart isn't ready to let you go back! ❤️ But, Hope you had the best time here in India during this pandemic and hope you are taking back a bag full of memories and happy moments. ✨🎈 Fly home safely and healthy and we'll wait for you to come back to India. Best wishes and love to you ! ❤️

[@ErikDouds]

Thank you thank you thank you. I'll definitely cherish these memories

[@pradeepshetty8172]

You sound emotional. It's like you happy to get back home but part of you has got use to living in india. Best of luck for everything you do.

[@ErikDouds]

I will definitely miss India. Most excited to see my nephew if there is the opportunity

[@avisekpl]

Erik my brother belated happy birthday..many many happy returns of the day..frankly I’ve a mixed feelings tonight..I’m glad that you’ve got your passport and you can go back to your home..but it’s sad that you’re leaving India very soon..I’m gonna miss you..but the this world is very small..hope one day we’ll meet somewhere in this world 😊❤️

[@ErikDouds]

Agree bhai! There is so much more of this country to see. I'll keep working on editing footage so we get to explore together, and plan trips for the future

[@avisekpl]

As always I’ll wait for your great works..I’m planning to visit NYC very soon..I’ll contact you for NYC details 😊

[@littleben2377]

Foremost Happy bornday to u bhai🥳🎂 I hope u learnt to say bhai. Atleast take back hindi vocabulary word "Bhai" back to US😜. Secondly may God travel mercy be upon u and ur team. Keep in touch. I pray and hope good days will come by and for sure u will love to come back. We love u to do so. We will always remember u all in our prayers. God bless u. Stay blessed 👍😃

[@ErikDouds]

Back when I biked around each day, two teenagers on a scooter here in Bangalore taught me about bhai! Can't wait to return one day

[@littleben2377]

@@ErikDouds Great bhai😃😀😄😁😆

[@hyperskill2752]

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