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 Golden Rock at dusk

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Salween afternoon

Indawgyi in the morning

Crossing the tracks

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Elephants at work, Katha

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Indawgyi, dusk

Shipbuilder, Myeik

The Gokteik Viaduct

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Buddha in repose, Bago

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Coming home, near Dawei

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Concrete monks

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Afternoon, near Lonton

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Maungmagan Beach

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo