There’s no getting around the fact that Thailand’s seaside resort of Pattaya has a lingering reputation for sex tourism, even though that’s only part of the story for the city that's an expected shore leave destination of crew members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Pattaya, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Bangkok, is where many of the 5,000 or so sailors and Marines in the Lincoln's strike group are expected to visit for some rest and recuperation this week after the big ship’s long troubled tour of duty in the Middle East.
