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

Elephants at work, Katha

Indawgyi, dusk

Indawgyi in the morning

Coming home, near Dawei

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Shipbuilder, Myeik

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Crossing the tracks

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha in repose, Bago

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

The Gokteik Viaduct

Maungmagan Beach

The Golden Rock at dusk

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Afternoon, near Lonton

Concrete monks

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Salween afternoon

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River