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Return travel: yes or no?

I walked out of a screening of Moulin Rouge back in the day. It’s one film I certainly won’t watch a repeat viewing of.

But that’s not the case for a couple of mates from New Zealand who have been pushing the limits of human endurance through their podcast The Worst Idea Of All Time . These lads watch flicks like bad films Sex and the City 2 over and over again – and put their hilarious suffering out there for you to enjoy.

Have a listen – it’ll rock your world

Their insights and observations are bloody hilarious and they really put the microscope and the blowtorch to the films they watch, pulling them apart like mad scientists.

Is return travel a good idea?

I had a listen to the podcast before Carmen and I left Australia for our latest jaunt of travel, and their wild premise struck a bit of last minute panic into me.

After all, we were flying to Chiang-Mai in Thailand, a place we had just been to at the end of last year. Oh, and I’d already been to the city back in 2008 as a solo traveller. Third times a charm right?

Looking ahead in our itinerary, we’re now in Japan – a first time visit for me – and then we’re heading to Ubud in Bali, again. That’ll be three visits to the island of the gods within a yearlong span of time. That’s a lot of return travel.

Welcome to paradise… again

Now, we absolutely love Ubud and Chiang Mai. But the ideas behind the Worst Idea Of All Time beg a question on the other side of the coin they’re spinning –is it a good idea to experience something you like over and over?

Repeat viewings reveal more

There are so many places in the world that want to see and things that I want to experience that going back to places I’ve been before seems like a waste of time. But then again, my parents travel again and again to Italy because they see they love it, and see things there they haven’t on previous trips.

Just like repeated viewings of a movie or readings of a book will unveil new insights that deepen the experience, return travel can reveal things that you never knew were there before.

A forest temple in Chiang Mai, beckoning new adventures…

This time around, Chiang Mai seemed so much more vibrant and detailed. On my first trip to the city, I was overwhelmed by the sights and sounds and smells and only had a limited amount of time to process it all.

The most recent trip last year was calmer and more familiar, but we spent more time in the old town compared to this most recent trip where we were outside the city walls in the up and coming districts.

Enjoying running over the same old ground

Instead of being discouraged by seeing the same stamps in my passport and baulking at the familiar, I tried to look at Chiang Mai in a different light; seeing things I’d not seen before and peeling away some more layers.

And come to think of it, I repeat myself all the time and thoroughly enjoy it.

Hans Heysen was a master at painting light

Whenever I travel back home to Perth I make sure to visit two icons of art and sport – the painting Droving Into The Light by Hans Heysen at the Perth Art Gallery; and Australia II, the yacht that won the America’s Cup in 1983, now bolted to the Fremantle Maritime Museum. I never tire of seeing them.

And don’t ask me how many times I’ve seen Star Wars! It’s a hell of a lot more than I’ve seen Sex and the City 2 , but whatever does it for you… return travel is definitely a good idea.

Have you been back to a place you loved – and loved it again?

About the author

Dave is the co-founder of Double-Barrelled Travel and has been nomadic since May 2013. When he's not busily working on a novel, he can be found exploring a war museum, sailing a yacht (unfortunately not his own), or hiking up a mountain.

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Dybala double rescues Juventus against Lokomotiv Moscow

Turin (Italy) (AFP) –

Issued on: 23/10/2019 - 01:01

Maurizio Sarri praised Juventus for not losing their heads as Paulo Dybala's quick-fire second-half double rescued a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Lokomotiv Moscow in their Champions League Group D clash in Turin on Tuesday.

The Italian champions had trailed the Russians with 13 minutes to go in the Allianz Stadium after Aleksei Miranchuk had put the visitors ahead after half an hour.

But Dybala pulled the hosts level on 77 minutes and added a second two minutes later to keep Juventus on course in Group D with seven points after three games.

Sarri's side had drawn with Atletico Madrid and beaten Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the last two games.

Atletico also have seven points, after beating Leverkusen 1-0 in Spain on Tuesday, with Lokomotiv third with three points.

"It became a difficult match when we conceded this goal," said former Chelsea boss Sarri.

"But we did well not to lose our heads. We knew we could get back into the match.

"We had 25 shots on goal, we established a record for possession, so we played well.

"It wasn't an exceptional day, we play every three days, so a less brilliant day."

Cristiano Ronaldo missed the chance for another record of scoring against a 34th different Champions League club.

The Portuguese star drew a blank in Turin, firing over from a Juan Cuadrado cross early as, despite dominating possession, Juventus struggled to break down the Russians.

- 'Painful victory' -

Lokomotiv broke through with their first clear chance.

Miranchuk shrugged off Leonardo Bonucci and the Juventus defence to find on-loan Inter Milan midfielder Joao Mario whose effort was cleared by Polish keeper Wojciech Szczesny into the path of the Russian forward who finished.

"It was a tough game," said Miranchuk.

"We got tired closer to the end and lost focus. Juve are a dangerous team and punished us for that."

Dybala looked as if he had scored the equaliser before the break but play had stopped following Ronaldo's tackle on Lokomotiv goalkeeper Guilherme.

Dybala fired over just after the break with fellow Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain coming on in place of Sami Khedira.

Szczesny cleared a Joao Mario effort after an hour while at the other end Higuain missed two quick-fire chances before Dybala finally rifled in the equaliser.

Alex Sandro was denied two minutes later but Dybala was on hand to follow up to keep Juventus unbeaten in all competitions this season.

"I'm very happy, I really needed two goals like this," said Dybala.

"It was a difficult game but tonight you could really see the level of experience of our team. We always remained calm until we finally scored."

The Argentine was substituted after his double to an ovation from the home crowd.

It had been a difficult start to the season for the 25-year-old who had looked set for a move away from Turin to either Tottenham or Manchester United after Higuain's return from Chelsea.

"Now we won and you all say that we can play together. But if we were losing, the opinions would have been completely different," he added of the partnership with Ronaldo and Higuain.

"It was a painful victory, then a great goal from Dybala made the difference," said Szczesny.

Lokomotiv coach Yuri Semin said "it was a logical" defeat.

"We didn't have enough strength in the end. I didn't make substitutions in the hope that we would survive the final push from Juve, but we didn't."

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My two sons are travelling to visit their father in Portugal. He purchased there tickets and on the boarding pass has only put the second half of their surname on the boarding pass. Their passport says Roberts Bica and the boarding pass just has Bica on it. Do you think they will have a problem at the airport when boarding. I have asked him to change it but he refuses.

The name on the ticket should be identical with the name in the passport.

Anything else can lead to problems up to a denied boarding.

Obviously the best solution would be to change the name on the ticket.

It's best to have tickets matching passports, but with the way family names work in some countries, including European countries, as long as first name and last name from passport are correctly spelled and show on the ticket, other names or just initials can be OK. Is there a hyphen in the passport?

As some one who has a 'Double Barrel hyphenated' name I can tell you they must be the same. Many years ago it was that there was not enough individual spaces to get my full name, but now it is that sometimes they don't put in the 'Hyphen' or the space, or the second part they don't put an upper case as the first letter. Believe me I have been refused 'Check In' or boarding because the name was not exactly as printed on the passport and it has cost me dearly. So make sure ticket Names are EXACTLY as passports.

I would think that the "Roberts" name would be considered like a middle name.

IF the first and last match I doubt that missing the Roberts part would cause a problem at all

In my experience it is just the name of the father and mother and not hyphenated..

Do you have a smartphone or tablet? Download one or more of the many free barcode readers, and see what the barcode contains. The barcode will probably be a type 417. It may be that the full name will be in there (so long as it doesn't contain too many characters),

I've tried to find a barcode reader that would show details of my ticket before but no luck.

What app can you suggest? I've always been interested.

The only readers I find are scanning regular barcode on food etc that direct to a google search.

On my iPad I have Scanner, NeoReader, Barcodes and Scandt. The icon for Barcodes specifically says "pdf417", though your airlines' BPs may use a different format. These all came from the Store.

I was wrong about my phone - it looks as though I've tried and uninstalled the ones for my Android phone.

Is the surname hyphenated? If it's not then I think the father may be right as it's in the very last name and the kids will probably fly just fine, if it's hyphenated it will definitely need to be changed, your post indicates it is not hyphenated and as such there may be no problem,

The issue here is what is legally the surname on the passport is Roberts bica the surname or could Roberts be the middle name? This reads to me like parents who can't agree on the surname of the kids.

I too have a hyphenated surname and usually it just runs as one long name on a boarding pass, in fact normally there are some letters missing at the end of my name ( however i have been told it reads fully when scanned) . . However, if only one the first or second part of my name was on my boarding pass, it may raise an issue with check in.

She doesn't say it's hyphenated, simply double barrelled. And double barrelled can often be the first surname is effectively a middle name for all intents and purposes and the last surname becomes the lead.

If it doesn't clearly isolate the surname as Roberts bica on the passport, simply it just says the full name inc first and middles, then bica would indeed be the lead and the kids can fly just fine.

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