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San Diego Couple Arrested For Bare-Butt Photos At Buddhist Temple In Thailand

The men maintained an Instagram feed titled "Traveling Butts" and had posed for similar selfies at international tourist sites around the world. They face fines and possible prison time in Thailand.
Wat Arun or the Temple of Dawn is a Buddhist temple on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. It is one of the best known of Bangkok landmarks and often used as the icon for the city.

It's one vacation selfie that Joseph and Travis Dasilva won't soon forget.

The American couple, who describes as "minor Instagram celebrities from San Diego," snapped a photo of their exposed buttocks at Bangkok's Wat Arun, or "Temple of Dawn," one of the country's most popular tourist landmarks.

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