I didn't try take photos inside the complex, because I've done it before, and because I think it looks a bit tacky now, but I thought I'd go to the newish piazza area and take some shots there... which was a great idea until a security guard stopped me!! Apparently I had to ask for permission from Management to take photos. LOL!
Apparently it would have been fine if I'd take a friend along and pretended to take a photo of them, but it wasn't ok for me to just take a photo. Bizarre! So in other words, a tourist travelling on their own is not allowed to take photos of a tourist attraction, that's basically what they're saying!
The thing is, I reckon that if I'd gone with a small P&S, no-one would have even batted an eyelid! He only came up to me when I changed my lens for the kit lens!
I'm finding it quite amazing that I'm getting such a reaction to me taking pics now!! I never had this problem with my old camera! This is the second time I've been questioned in the last few weeks, it's quite maddening actually.
All of a sudden people are worried about what I'm doing with the photos! LOL!
Anyway, for what it's worth, here are the only shots I managed to take. I ended up fiddling too much with the settings to get brilliant shots.
And talking about spoil sports, here's another example for you! These kids were dying to get closer to the fountain. I find it terrible that they've got a chain around it! At Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton, there's a similar fountain, which has been left open, and it's the most brilliant sight to watch the kids playing in the water on a hot day... clearly Monte Casino don't like that idea... which is a bif pity!
