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TTP celebrates the goofy pictures we pose for when we let our guard down as tourists – because photos of sunsets and statues can get pretty damn boring.
We love to connect with fellow travelers who don't take themselves too seriously -- and especially seek contributions from childhood vacation albums!
SUBMITTED BY: Anonymous LOCATION: Bethany Beach, Delaware (2011) Few civilian tourists get to hang out at the hand grenade training course at the Bethany Beach National Guard Base. But our correspondent was surprised to see how cute these targets were. Is the bearded chap supposed to represent Osama Bin Laden or G.I. Joe in his [...]
Hey, the Nicaraguan military is available for reality TV shows, so why wouldn’t the Russian Army stop what it’s doing for an Avon perfume press conference? Fergie, whose passion for Tacky Tourist poses was just demonstrated by her waxual self-harassment at the Las Vegas Madame Tussauds, used the ex-Soviet soldiers to promote her new fragrance, [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Marco Perry LOCATION: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (2011) Here’s something that Ken Burns neglected to include in his 10-hour Civil War documentary or his coffee table book. As the stylish South Beach Confederate battalion marched on Gettysburg, they maintained the element of surprise by storing their weapons and ammunition in the latest designer handbags. If [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Ari Zackin LOCATION: Orlando, Florida (2006) It’s wonderful for Disney to take a pro-military stand! Remember when we played with these Little Green Army Men as kids, tossing pebbles at their helpless platoons? Believe it or not, these toys are now “controversial.” Thanks for sticking up for the troops, Pixar! (The Zackin family [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Henderson LOCATION: Xian, China (2010) Sorry, but when your military is wearing leather skirts and Las Vegas showgirl hats, you don’t scare us. (Brian Henderson is a well-traveled photojournalist with a passion for silly dance poses).
SUBMITTED BY: Emily Berezin LOCATION: Baños, Ecuador (2007) When the Ecuadorian Special Forces are not sneaking across the Peruvian border or doing military drills with turtles in the Galapagos Islands, they like to play dress up. Specifically, they like to dress up young female American tourists with hopes of scoring a phone number or email [...]
SUBMITTED BY: Michael Graham SECRET LOCATION: Somewhere in Israel (2004) We know it’s the wrong country. We know he lacks a cute little helmet with his name printed on it. But whenever a conservative talk show host poses with a tank, he’s thinking about 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis: (Michael Graham is “Boston’s maestro [...]
