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

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Concrete monks

Indawgyi in the morning

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Afternoon, near Lonton

The Gokteik Viaduct

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Coming home, near Dawei

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

The Golden Rock at dusk

Maungmagan Beach

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Crossing the tracks

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Salween afternoon

Buddha in repose, Bago

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Indawgyi, dusk

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Elephants at work, Katha