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

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Salween afternoon

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

The Gokteik Viaduct

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Indawgyi, dusk

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Coming home, near Dawei

Crossing the tracks

Indawgyi in the morning

Maungmagan Beach

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Concrete monks

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha in repose, Bago

Afternoon, near Lonton

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Elephants at work, Katha

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

The Golden Rock at dusk

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Seagulls, Shwemizu