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

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Afternoon, near Lonton

Elephants at work, Katha

Seagulls, Shwemizu

The Golden Rock at dusk

Indawgyi in the morning

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Coming home, near Dawei

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Concrete monks

Indawgyi, dusk

The Gokteik Viaduct

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Buddha in repose, Bago

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Salween afternoon

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Crossing the tracks

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market