Funny story about some silly Americans on a temple tour. Wonder if they might have been staying with or know TC?
BANGKOK — Butts. Everyone’s got one – but that doesn’t mean everyone wants to see them.
Dropping drawers to bare one’s bottom at famous tourist attractions may be a trend online – but Bangkok is having none of it. Two Americans who posed for photos of their bare backsides last week at Wat Arun and posted them online were tracked down and charged with indecency, police said Wednesday.
Col. Jarupat Thongkomol, chief of Bangkok Yai Police, said the two Americans, both 38 and identified only as Travis and Joseph, face fines of up to 5,000 baht – after the pair posed in front of Bangkok’s Wat Arun with their butts exposed and posted them to their @Traveling_butts Instagram account.
The account had been deactivated by Wednesday morning.
The pair was arrested Tuesday night while departing Don Mueang Airport. Travelers exposing their rears on social media became a trend earlier this year with the notoriety of another Instagram account called @CheekyExploits. There, photos are posted of men and women – and their butts.
Capt. Kotchapan Ekkattiyakorn of immigration police said officials were alerted Tuesday by Bangkok Yai police to look out for two Americans who “behaved inappropriately” at the airport.
Jarupat said Joseph and Travis admitted to the offense.
Second report, netizens are in a tizzy..
Two US gay lovers who like to post Instagram pictures of their butts at monuments around the world have outraged the Thais.
"Joseph and Travis" - as they were named by Tsood.com - were picture baring their backsides in front of the Temple of Wat Arun.
Thais went online in droves to condemn the gays for showing their rear ends in front of the iconic temple that was built by one of the Chakri Dynasty kings and is occasionally visited by Thai Royalty for the kathin robe ceremony during the Royal Boat Procession.
Thais screamed that it was a sacred site and demanded the pictures were also....taken down. This eventually happened but not before the Thai contingent among the couple's 14,600 followers had given them a good ear bashing.
Joseph and Travis have previously posted derriere photography at the US Capitol in Washington and the Louvre museum in Paris.
Now apparently they are continuing their 'World Butt Tour' in South East Asia visiting Cambodia and Singapore as well as Thailand.
Better not get caught with your pants down lads.......