@thetelegraph: After 286 days at sea, US navy sailors disembarked the USS Abraham Lincoln as it docked in Pattaya, Thailand’s notorious party town, and headed to the heart of the action: the infamous Walking Street.⁠ ⁠ For many of the 5,000 crew who had been cooped up onboard, the racy, neon-lit bars on Walking Street were an obvious target.⁠ “This was exactly what we needed,” one told The Telegraph, smoking a cigarette outside in the early hours. ⁠ 🔗 Our reporter headed to Thailand's ‘Sin City’ to meet the sailors ready to blow off steam. Read her account at the linked article.