Hello there! Remember me, the errant author of this blog? Lovely to see you again, after all this time…

I returned to Hong Kong last week after 67 fascinating days spent exploring various hard-to-get-to bits of Burma. I have oodles of stories to tell, but I’m working flat out on The Guidebook at the moment, so they’ll need to wait for a time when my head is less full of bus timetables and restaurant reviews. For now, here are some pretty pictures to fuel your wanderlust – if you’re thinking of visiting Burma, go, soon!

J xx
All photos © Jo James
Written at My Desk, Cheung Chau, Hong Kong

Shipbuilder, Myeik

The Golden Rock at dusk

Buddha in repose, Bago

Indawgyi, dusk

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Coming home, near Dawei

Indawgyi in the morning

Afternoon, near Lonton

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Crossing the tracks

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Salween afternoon

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Concrete monks

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Maungmagan Beach

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

The Gokteik Viaduct

Elephants at work, Katha