For its first three seasons of existence the club plied its trade in the fourth tier of Thai football, before a dramatic move propelled them into the higher echelons of the game.
The German, Hans Emser took the side to third place in their first TPL season, before being replaced by former Thai international player Surachai Jaturapattarapong. He departed after less than a year to be replaced by Carlos Roberto de Carvalho, who would go on to manage his native Brazil.
Attaphol Buspakom took over as fulltime coach in May 2013 as form did improve. Glass reached the final of the FA Cup, going down 3-1 to Buriram United at Thammasat Stadium after taking the lead through a Chatree Chimtalay goal.
The team was captained by the Australian, Matt Smith as the Spaniard Ferré was dismissed in March 2018 to be replaced by Anurak Srikerd as the team battled to secure safety at the wrong end of the table.
The team ended in fourteenth place, which wasn't quite enough to avoid relegation, as five teams were relegated at the end of the season to streamline the top flight. Srikerd was replaced as coach by Dusit Chalermsan as the club entered a new era with a new title.
My free day before the rest of my cricketing friends arrived in Bangkok was going well. All had gone to plan, despite a few misunderstandings with taxi drivers about my intended destinations.
My new driver headed along the Rangsit Nakhon Nayok road and was confident of where he was going, so I wasn't going to stop him. My instruction to head for the well-known Dream World theme park had come up trumps. Before he turned off, we saw Leo Stadium, so I ushered him in.
At the far end stood a three-tier open terraced home end. There was nothing down the far touchline, although there looked to be room for construction in the future if required. A new control room was being constructed near the Main Stand. The pitch was an artificial surface.
I crossed the road by footbridge and hailed another taxi to take me to the air-conditioned shopping mall of Future Park by the Don Muang intersection, observing many renovated boats that acted as restaurants along the khlong as we went.
I was glad to sit down and have some cold drinks and ice cream before heading to the Thupatemee Stadium for the first of two games that evening.
BG Pathum United 2 Port FC 0 (Wednesday 2nd February 2022) FA Cup Round of 16 (att: 3,221)
As soon as the cup draw was made, I was desperate to attend this game, scanning all possibilities of obtaining a ticket. After registering on the Line App via Port I was sent all the information I required.
Ticket reserved I was ready to plan my trip, and then Covid intervened in the two squads meaning the match was deferred for a couple of weeks. On the day of the game, I decided to await a bus heading directly to Rangsit from near my condo.
Services will still quite sporadic in the pandemic-ridden days. In the end, I hailed a taxi, arriving at BG Stadium well ahead of the kickoff. No catering stands appeared to be open in the complex surrounding the venue, so I bought a couple of beers from a vendor outside after collecting my ticket from the away fans’ booth.
Despite Port being on a poor run of form, I was optimistic. Indeed, they did reasonably well in the opening exchanges. A fine flowing move saw a low cross from Kevin Deeromram was nearly pounced in by Adisak Kraisorn who slipped into keeper Prasit Padungchok.
However, it was the hosts who went ahead on twenty-six minutes when fine work in the corner by Pathompol Charoenrattanapirom saw the ball slipped to Santiphap Channgom whose pinpoint cross was headed in at the back post by the unmarked Ikhsan Fandi.
A fine ball released Kraisorn through on goal. His lack of pace along with great endeavour and last-ditch challenge from Ernesto Phumipha prevented him from getting his shot away. Bordin Phala was found in the box, but his chest control took him away from the goal before he skewed his shot high and wide as Port pressed.
The introduction of forwards Diogo and Teerasil Dangda from United would have an effect from the start of the second half. Dangda hit the outside of the post with a volley from Apisit Sorada on the hour mark after Diogo had a goal chalked off for offside.
Fandi had a header superbly pushed over the bar by visiting goalie Kawin Thamsatchana before Adisorn Promrak should have restored parity. He had a free header at the back post from a corner but put his effort into the midriff of keeper Padungchok.
From the resulting set piece, another header went towards goal where Sorada somehow cleared the ball off the line via the angle of the post and crossbar. Suggestions were that the ball crossed the line.
A BG move at the other end saw Dangda fire in a rasping shot which Thamsatchana saved dramatically. Eleven minutes from time Dangda rose unmarked at the back post to head home the second. You didn’t have to Sherlock Holmes to see it coming.
Ports night was summed up with a couple of minutes remaining when Philip Roller was put through on goal. He dallied but then got his effort away which was cleared off the line. The same player headed wide from a Deeromram when well placed.
Port out of both cups within a few weeks despite having plenty of play and chances. Teerasil Dangda was magnificent for the hosts who fully deserved their win. I departed and grabbed a taxi home.
Thailand 1 Suriname 0 (Sunday 27th March 2022) International Friendly (att: 4,418)
Having been to Chonburi Stadium the previous Thursday for the match against Nepal I was delighted to be cheering on my adopted nation once again. I had learned what I thought was the best way to the stadium by public transport after heading to a game at nearby North Bangkok University the previous weekend.
I changed buses at Wat Phra Sri Mahathat to take a service to opposite Zeer Rangsit where there was a small mall and market to grab some food and drink. From there it was a bit of a wait before the busy 538 air-conditioned bus arrived. It dropped me right outside the ground.
I decided to buy a ticket for the normal home end and was soon upstairs on the top deck which was great for plane spotters but not vertigo sufferers, especially as you needed to be at the back to view the near goal. I didn’t really enjoy it truth be told despite the dramatic view.
The Ultras made viewing even more difficult when they arrived with their flags, making a proper noise at the same time. The Thai Power fan group were at the other end. Bordin Phala had the first effort for Thailand, but his low shot was easily gathered by keeper Warner Hahn.
This before Hahn produced a good low save to keep out Suphanat Mueanta who then had a low near post volley disallowed for offside. At this point, I moved downstairs a level to the middle tier where I felt more comfortable.
The hosts were playing some neat football with Suriname having their backs to the wall. Theeratorn Boonmatan was next to go close, with a bending free kick. Phala opened the scoring three minutes shy of the half-hour mark when he came inside and fired in a curling shot from twenty-five yards.
Head coach Alexandré Pölking had got his charges playing well and they were on a fine run since being crowned as Southeast Asian champions. But Suriname hadn’t just turned up to sightsee. They almost drew level when Leandro Kappel dragged his shot across goal shortly into the second half.
Kritsada Kaman was next to go close with a free kick for the Thais before keeper Sivaruk Tedsungnoen made a miraculous save from sub Jeredy Hilterman who really should have scored from the low cross.
The visitors carried on carving out opportunities with Tjaronn Chery being found on the edge of the box in acres of space. His low shot was saved by Tedsungnoen. In the end the home side won 1-0.
It was now time to plan my trip home. Crossing the bridge, a minivan was waiting to take fans back to Victory Monument. I decided to bite the bullet and jump out at Lak Si, failing desperately to estimate my stop.
It ended in a very long walk along the side of the busy Vibhavadi Rangsit road and then along Thanon Chaeng Watthana back to the stop at the end of Ram Inthra near Wat Phra Sri Mahathat BTS from where a 26 bus was soon along to take me home.
BG Pathum United 2 Port FC 1 (Saturday 2nd April 2022) Thai League 1 (att: 4,314)
A Saturday night match worked perfectly for me to do a doubleheader as I attended the North Bangkok University v Saruburi United clash in the third-tier Champions League playoffs less than a mile away beforehand.
When walking along Rangsit - Nakhon Nayok Road a car stopped and offered me a lift. It turned out to be driven by the father of Port midfielder Kanarin Thawornsak who saw my shirt. He turned out to be a lovely bloke to boot, telling me he was a Liverpool fan.
There was time for me to grab a beer using my bank phone app as BG Stadium was cashless. Diogo came close to opening the scoring for BG with his low shot going narrowly wide. At the other end, Roller should have done better when the ball fell loose to him at the edge of the box.
Phala beat home keeper Kittipong Phuthawchueak to a cross but saw his looping effort headed onto his own bar by Channgom and away to safety. The deadlock was broken after twenty-six minutes when Irfan Fandi headed in at the back post, with poor marking once again leading to Ports' downfall.
The second goal three minutes later had a huge chunk of fortune attached as a cross from Ikhsan Fandi took a horrible deflection off Kannarin Thawornsak to loop over keeper Worawut Srisupha into the net. I feared the worst at this point.
A shot from Charoenrattanapirom flew wide as the pressure continued prior to Diogo stinging the fingers of Srisupha. A Sergio Saurez volley for Port tested the reflexes of Phuthawchueak in the home net.
Soon into the second half a shot from Charoenrattanapirom was half blocked as it flew just wide. Port halved the deficit on fifty-four minutes when a deep cross from Martin Steuble was converted on the volley at the back post by David Rochela.
Teerasak Poeiphimai went close to drawing the team’s level, but his header flashed narrowly wide. Ikhsan Fandi missed a guilt-edged chance to restore United’s two goal lead, but he panicked in front of goal.
Roller had two efforts for Port as play ebbed from end to end. He should have done better on both occasions. Nattapon Worasut went close for BG with a glancing header in the next action. Saurez for Port and Worasut once again were the next to have efforts on goal.
At full time I decided to grab a tuk-tuk back towards Rangsit, from where I caught a couple of buses heading home. I hadn't realised just how cold the wind was as it was behind the away stand at the stadium. I found out back at my local bar where staff were huddled inside to try and keep warm. It was whisky time!
BG Pathum United 0 Melbourne City 0 (Wednesday 27th April 2022) AFC Champions League Group G (att: 3,699)
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An extra opportunity for football at BG Stadium arose when the Asian Champions League groups were each given one venue, rather than home and away legs, owing to the ongoing issues created by Covid.
Tickets were 150 baht for the home end after I previously paid 100 for the Thailand international and 200 each time in the away section cheering for Port. By now I had learned even more about local travel, and caught a minivan to Zeer Rangsit directly from Minburi, saving time and money. The 538 bus took me the rest of the way.
Again, I plumped for the middle tier upstairs behind the goal ready to enjoy the skills of Teerasil Dangda, who had become my favourite Thai player. It was a pleasure to watch a veteran craftsman at work.
Again, the cashless system worked well as I had time for a beer and chicken drumsticks from the vendors behind the West Stand before heading to my place. I had taken a real shine to BG Stadium, despite it being three-sided. A proper football ground whose away end reminded me of the old Spion Kop at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool.
A win for the home side would guarantee qualification into the next stage, against the Aussie side funded by Manchester City who were two points behind in the group in second place. In the early exchanges, Charoenrattanapirom flicked on a corner which Dangda just failed to convert as the ball was smothered by goalie Thomas Glover.
Ikhsan Fandi was then denied by the stopper before Andrew Nabbout created problems at the other end when his low cross was parried upwards by BG custodian Phuthawchueak. Jamie Maclaren will have been disappointed to put his header wide when the ball popped up to him.
Dangda failed to get enough purchase on his effort when the ball was laid square from a cross, allowing Glover to save. Shortly after the interval, Scott Jamieson fired in a low shot that was pushed around the post by Phuthawchueak.
Chatmongkol Thongkiri fired just over from range for the hosts on seventy-seven minutes before Maclaren was denied for City at the other end. Diogo had a drive that sliced narrowly wide as both sides looked for a late winner.
Towards the end, the locals around me were directing some hilarious abuse at the Aussie players in pidgin English, particularly comedy villain Rostyn Griffiths who had been a rock all evening but was now using all the dark arts to wind the clock down. They apologised to me at the end, but I told them to crack on!
The game had been put back a few weeks owing to BGs involvement in the AFC Champions League and was scheduled for 6pm on a Wednesday evening. This would mean negotiating rush hour traffic.
I set off three hours before kickoff and got my first shock. Sihaburanukit Road was flooded so I had to get my shoes and socks off to wade through the water and over the bridge before getting a minivan to the BTS light green line.
The train took no time and before long a bus arrived to carry me towards Rangsit, where we encountered more flooding on certain roads. Over the many roads, I got to where the songthaew had previously dropped me after games. All was going according to plan with time for a couple of drinks too.
Then the wheels fell off my plan. I asked a man in the minibus station which service was going towards Nakhon Nayok and past the stadium. He pointed to a songthaew pulling up outside and he even shouted for the driver to wait. What a nice chap.
The vehicle then proceeded to take me in completely the opposite direction, and right into the floods. It is somewhat of an understatement to say that I was unimpressed. Eventually, I managed to grab a taxi to take me to the game, arriving outside seven minutes into it.
Rushing through the complex I eventually got upstairs in the away section. Twelve minutes gone and it was 0-0. Great stuff and they were allowing beers while we watched, so I quickly nipped back down to the friendly staff to buy a Leo.
Inevitably as soon as I was settled United went ahead. And it was yet another case of awful defending as a looped cross from skipper Sarach Yooyen found Irfan Fandi who plonked his header past a stranded Srisupha in the away net.
In the thirty-sixth minute, it got worse for Port when skipper Tanaboon Kesarat was adjudged to have swung an elbow when shielding the ball. Referee Sivakorn Pu-Udom was advised to check the screen and gave a straight red card after a VAR review. A very harsh call in my view.
Suarez nearly got on the end of a Phala diagonal ball in the box before it was 2-0 three minutes before the break when Ikhsan Fandi outjumped and outmuscled Frans Putros to head home a cross from Sorada. It was all too easy in the air again for BG when playing Port.
Yet there was still time for the visitors to get back into the game in stoppage time. A cross saw Irfan Fandi and Hamilton collide in a challenge, with the ball ending back at the feet of Teerasak Poeiphimai just inside the box who smashed home.
The defender rolled around and stayed on the floor trying to make the most of it, and I thought another VAR decision was pending. Thankfully the ref, maybe contemplating his earlier sending-off, was having none of it.
It was a jollier congregation on the concourse at the break with an air of optimism breaking out. Suphanan Bureerat was teed up by Hamilton soon after the restart, but his shot was easily dealt with by goalie Phuthawchueak. If only the Port player could kick with his right foot.
2-1 became 3-1 after sixty-seven minutes. A simple training ground passing move and cross undid the away side out wide. Substitute Dangda fired home a volley from eight yards with all the freedom in the world. A great finish but horrible defending.
Srisupha pulled off a couple of decent stops prior to another replacement, Conrado scoring an excellent goal with a rasping right foot finish, again with the aid of having nobody trying to challenge. Dangda was denied shortly afterwards by another save.
Port sub, William Weidersjö showed skill and then finished with a low left-foot shot in additional time at the end of the game to reduce the arrears to give the excellent away following something to cheer. Some of the numbers showed their frustrations earlier with a small outbreak of unrest by the segregation barriers.
At full-time, boss Cooper came across and got a good ovation, as did both sides. His job was surely to sort out the defence, which was a shambles. Port as ever looked pretty against a good side but was lacking an underbelly. BG on the other hand looked strong and a good team.
I headed out onto the main road and had a beer, while many home fans passing on scooters gave me high fives. I genuinely like the BG fans and the experience there. I followed this up by a van ride and walk to a place I liked the look of in the past.
Passing Balance Cafe' & Restaurant, which I noted advertised craft beers, I arrived at Kin Do Funk. It had live music, My beer, which I liked, and complimentary bowls of salted peanuts with chilis. I enjoyed myself before deciding a taxi back to Min Buri was a good option in my tired and emotional condition.
BG Pathum United 0 Buriram United 2 (Saturday 4th February 2023) Thai League 1 (att: 10,089)
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My new policy of picking a game I really fancied, rather than going for quantity continued. I bought a ticket online a few days previously, and it’s as well that I did as all spaces were sold before matchday.
Taew dropped my Minburi centre, and before long I was on the 520 bus to Zeer Rangsit, enjoying listening to a podcast along the way. There was time for a quick snack before my reliable Viabus app told me it was not long until the arrival of the 538 service.
The road from Rangsit towards the stadium was gridlocked and progress was slow. My intended hour before the game arrival was nearly cut to half that time, not helped by the peak period kickoff and a graduation day at North Bangkok University clogging up the roads.
Eventually, I arrived and headed for the newly reopened restaurant bar called The Rabbits. It was certainly plush inside and had a live band playing. I heard someone shouting my name outside, and it turned out to be someone I hadn’t seen for several years.
It was lovely to see Steve Blanchard, a teaching mate of my Minburi mate Steve who we had last chatted in Pattaya. He was at his first game and with a group of pals. Sadly, the service from inside the bar didn’t live up to its surroundings, so I headed off in search of lubrication.
I was aware that BG Stadium was cash free, and that system works, with multiple beers all poured ready to take away with a simple scanning process on a mobile phone app taking the 70 baht per beer.
I headed upstairs, happy to get a place on the second tier to experience a good game played in front of an excellent atmosphere. Buriram would show exactly why they are champions with two pieces of individual brilliance deciding the encounter.
The teams came out to a light show, a new feature at the stadium, before the game started at a frenetic pace, with both sides testing each other out. Suphanat Mueanta was denied for the visitors by the legs of the home keeper Kittipong Phuthawchueak. However, the stopper was absolutely powerless to prevent the reigning champions from taking the lead.
What looked like a harmless square ball along the edge of the box in the eleventh from skipper Narubadin Weerawatnodom, was swept in first time with a curling shot by Haris Vučkić that flew into the top corner of the net. A wonderful strike.
My heart was sunk a little, as I knew full well that Buriram rarely conceded a lead, and I wanted a close contest and preferably a home win. Therefore, I was delighted four minutes later when the hosts appeared to equalize. Celebrations following the goal ruled out by VAR
A magnificent ball from defence found a man out wide on the right whose deep cross was met by the head of Chaowat Veerachat. Nopphon Lakhonphon made a great save, but the rebound was headed home by Stênio Júnior.
The light show kicked into action again as the majority of the sellout crowd celebrated. However, as the players lined up for the restart, referee Wiwat Jumpaoon delayed the kickoff. VAR ruled the goal out for offside, despite further BG protests.
It turned out to be the correct decision when I later saw the video, but it showed just how the spontaneity can be sucked out of a game. No doubt I would have had a different opinion if an unlawful goal went in against one of my teams.
Peeradon Chamratsamee went close with a low skimming shot for the visitors before the scorer being involved in a nasty arial exchange which required Vučkić to wear a head bandage for the remainder of the game.
Then Supachai Chaided rolled the ball into the path of Goran Čaušić whose rasping drive brought out the best in Phuthawchueak in the final action of the half, when I headed back downstairs for another beer and to enjoy the architecture of one of my favourite venues around some genuinely friendly people.
Three minutes after the restart Stênio Júnior missed a great chance to restore parity when he side-footed a lovely slide-rule cross from Veerachat with the goal at his mercy. Then Lakhonphon was forced to tip over an effort from Santiphap Channgom.
With twenty minutes remaining, the lead was doubled through a brilliant tight passing move involving Vučkić and Čaušić which saw Suphanat Mueanta superbly finish with a delicate dink. The frontman was rumoured to be gathering interest from Leicester City after he had a spell training there, and it wasn’t hard to see why.
Some pushing and shoving took place with several players of both sides involved in the eightieth minute after it appeared that a home player went down after Weerawatnodom flung out an arm in the area. I was astonished the VAR team were not interested in the offence.
The hero celebrated in from of the packed masses of his team’s support, who were also superb throughout the game. Andrés Túñez saw an effort tipped round for BG in additional time, but Buriram ran out deserved winners.
I used my experience and was away bang on the final whistle and headed along the road towards Rangsit rather than getting lost in the crowds. I got a taxi within a few minutes, with Taew giving my driver full instructions to get me to my destination for lots of beautiful food and drinks.
BG Pathum United 1 Ulsan Hyundai 3 (Tuesday 28th November 2023) AFC Champions League Group I (att: 3,563)
An easy win for the quality team from South Korea. The home side had two goals disallowed but were second-best throughout.
Ulsan had a beast of a centre forward, the Hungarian Martin Adam, and a very quick and skilful Swedish winger, Gustav Ludwigson. Cheered on by a hundred or so travelling fans, they looked like a class outfit. The hosts only had pride to play for, already dumped at the bottom of the group with just one more game to play.
Home defender Jakkapan Praisuwan put a hard low cross past his own keeper after twenty minutes, with Ludwigson doubling the advantage seven minutes later. Their fast interplay was too much for the Thais to handle, despite currently being second in the league.
Ulsan had recently been crowned as their league champions, which exemplifies the difference in standards between the two nations. It’s as well that Ulsan seemingly held back. After the break as the crowd doubled from its kick-off figure with people finishing work at the same time as the 5pm start, the game was slightly more competitive.
However, a low shot from Lee Myung-Jae made it 3-0 before Igor Sergeyev, the Uzbekistan wide man reduced the arrears after being assisted by the ageing but still excellent Teerasil Dangda.
Great to see that the fourth stand at BG Stadium was going up. It was already one of my favourite Thai stadiums, and the addition would add to it. Great views were already offered on all the current three sides, especially mine on this occasion night as I played tour guide.
An Australian friend, Terry Kersey, who I know through cricket tournaments in Chiang Mai contacted me a couple of weeks ago. His son Adam was the fourth official for the game and asked if I wanted tickets. It was very handy as I am in Bangkok for a few days after cricket in the northern city. He did the business, leaving me to collect them at the office.
On the way to the game, after a ride on the newly opened Pink Line sky train, I was joined on the bus by a young couple asking if I was heading to the stadium. My Hull City shirt might have been a giveaway. Anyway, we alighted and shared a taxi. They were without tickets and wanted to get there as soon as possible.
I had to explain that the stadium is nearly all cashless, although some food vendors do accept notes. I tried to buy them a couple of tickets on my club account, but sales had closed. When the lady met me to hand out my ticket, she asked how many I required and kindly gave me three complementariness.
We got great seats and could take beer to them. My new friends insisted on looking after me, so what I thought would be a quiet evening doing reports for the podcast I’m involved in turned into a merry little session.
A taxi home, where my good lady suggested I was a little drunk. Rather a large one to be fair. All was good, with new friends being made and an excellent evening out.
BG Pathum United 2 Chiangrai United 2 (Thursday 28th December 2023) Thai League 1 (att: 5,713)
A fantastic game of football to round off my year of 45 matches which started with Kasem Bundit University 3 Samut Prakan 2 which was also attended in the company of my mate Steve who again came along for this cracker.
It was a big night in the Thai League with this game seeing third up against fifth, while reigning champions Buriram United were away to bottom side Prachuap, while leaders Bangkok United travelled to second from bottom Chonburi. We were royally entertained at our match.
CRU went into an early lead when the impressive 39-year-old Brazilian who was in the thick of the action as ever played his part as compatriot Felippe Veloso raced clear to finish neatly after five minutes.
BGPU piled on the pressure and were guilty of over elaborating, while the visitors’ defence put in a superb display, most noticeably Diego Landis and Marco Ballini who were like rocks. Finally, they conceded seven minutes from the break when Danilo Alves rose to power home a header past keeper Saranon Anuin.
It appeared that it would be the foothold to power the hosts towards victory, but there was a shock awaiting them. A superb passing move right from the back was finished with a thunderbolt from the edge of the box from Sivakorn Tiatrakul leaving Chatchai Bootprom grasping thin air
This was a few seconds before the halftime whistle was blown by impressive referee Songkran Bunmeekiart who saw through plenty of play-acting from both sides as he allowed the game to flow and a proper contest to emerge.
The second half saw more home pressure, and they looked like they were about to get back into the game when they were awarded a penalty. The ref was persuaded to check his VAR screen. The offence had taken place outside the box, so he amended his decision.
However, that was bad news for the last defender Ballini whose yellow card was upgraded to a red. It was going to be a mighty task for the final thirty-five minutes or so for the team in all orange. CRU took off a forward but still looked dangerous on the break, and they missed a good chance following a low cross which caused confusion in the BGPU box.
Sadly, for me, Bill had gone off at the interval. He’s a true panto villain with lots of skill and a box of dirty tricks which any football fan can admire. Like a large Frank Worthington with dark arts. Or Tony Rogers of Dagenham near the end of his career.
The board went up showing eight additional minutes, and it was in the seventh of them that substitute Igor Sergeev headed home the equaliser. The CRU players sank to their knees, and that was followed by the home team at full time. Everyone had given their last ounce of energy. It was a superb advert for Thai football.
Steve and I were joined by Mark, an Oxford United fan living in Bangkok. We took the Skytrain to Lak Si and then a bus to a bar called Kin Do Funk a couple of miles down the road from BG Stadium. Unfortunately, they weren’t opening until 6pm, and with a 7pm kickoff, we decided to head to the venue.
We went into the air-con Rabbits clubhouse for a tower of Leo beer and snacks before sitting outside in the fans zone, taking in the atmosphere. Our view inside the stadium was superb and we could drink on the terraces. We returned to the rammed Kin Do Funk for drinks at fulltime.
What a superb experience it turned out to be among friendly locals. We had a wonderful lads' day exchanging tales and chewing the fat with lots of laughter, food, and drinks. We also did a fair bit of walking which might, or might not, of explained my condition the following day. Thankfully we got a taxi home.