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

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Indawgyi in the morning

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Crossing the tracks

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Shipbuilder, Myeik

The Golden Rock at dusk

Salween afternoon

Afternoon, near Lonton

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Coming home, near Dawei

The Gokteik Viaduct

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Maungmagan Beach

Indawgyi, dusk

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Elephants at work, Katha

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Concrete monks

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha in repose, Bago

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago