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

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Indawgyi in the morning

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Indawgyi, dusk

The Golden Rock at dusk

The Gokteik Viaduct

Elephants at work, Katha

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Afternoon, near Lonton

Buddha in repose, Bago

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Salween afternoon

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Maungmagan Beach

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Coming home, near Dawei

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Concrete monks

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Crossing the tracks