Tips to taking photos on holidays: 10 things you're not allowed to take photos of

By Michael Gebicki
Updated July 23 2016 - 10:18pm, first published July 22 2016 - 10:08am
When travelling, it's good to remember that there are some things you can't take photos of. Photo: iStock
When travelling, it's good to remember that there are some things you can't take photos of. Photo: iStock

Leaving Leh Airport in India's Ladakh with a tour group a couple of years ago, one of our party pulled out his iPhone to take a group shot when an army sergeant stormed over, finger wagging. "Photography is not allowed," he said, moustache aquiver. It seemed innocent enough – a final souvenir photo from a visitor in a place he was not ever likely to visit again – but the sergeant was having none of it. He stood over the photographer until the offending photos disappeared into the ether.

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