Taking Photos
Be sure to take a camera on your trip to Bhutan, because there will be breath-taking views, amazing landscapes, and fantastic architecture. When we went, we took a digital camera that could take over six hundred photos, and by the end of the trip we were having to ration the remaining photos we had left. We took all six hundred of those photos!
Be careful though, as you are not allowed to take pictures of certain buildings, also you are never allowed to take pictures inside of a Dzong. The rules for that are very specific though. You can take pictures inside the courtyard of the Dzong, but inside any actual buildings, it is prohibited. If you are caught doing it, your camera may be taken away, or your photos deleted, so be careful!
There are also some very special buildings that cannot have a picture taken of them no matter what. At one point we were trying to take a picture of a bird when a guard came over to us and told us to stop. Our tour guide explained that we were just taking a picture of the bird, but the guard said that we could not take a photo of the building that happened to be behind the bird. So, we had to switch our angle so that the building and the bird were not together. It can be a little terrifying having a guard walk over to you in an unfamiliar place, so always ask your tour guide if and when you can take photos, and what you cannot take photos of no matter what the situation.
Be careful though, as you are not allowed to take pictures of certain buildings, also you are never allowed to take pictures inside of a Dzong. The rules for that are very specific though. You can take pictures inside the courtyard of the Dzong, but inside any actual buildings, it is prohibited. If you are caught doing it, your camera may be taken away, or your photos deleted, so be careful!
There are also some very special buildings that cannot have a picture taken of them no matter what. At one point we were trying to take a picture of a bird when a guard came over to us and told us to stop. Our tour guide explained that we were just taking a picture of the bird, but the guard said that we could not take a photo of the building that happened to be behind the bird. So, we had to switch our angle so that the building and the bird were not together. It can be a little terrifying having a guard walk over to you in an unfamiliar place, so always ask your tour guide if and when you can take photos, and what you cannot take photos of no matter what the situation.