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

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

The Golden Rock at dusk

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Crossing the tracks

Buddha in repose, Bago

Indawgyi in the morning

Indawgyi, dusk

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Salween afternoon

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Concrete monks

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

The Gokteik Viaduct

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Afternoon, near Lonton

Elephants at work, Katha

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Coming home, near Dawei