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

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The Gokteik Viaduct

Buddha in repose, Bago

Concrete monks

Crossing the tracks

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Coming home, near Dawei

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Indawgyi in the morning

Maungmagan Beach

The Golden Rock at dusk

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Salween afternoon

Shipbuilder, Myeik

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Afternoon, near Lonton

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Elephants at work, Katha

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Indawgyi, dusk