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

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Buddha in repose, Bago

Afternoon, near Lonton

Elephants at work, Katha

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

The Golden Rock at dusk

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Coming home, near Dawei

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Maungmagan Beach

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Crossing the tracks

Indawgyi, dusk

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Salween afternoon

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

The Gokteik Viaduct

Concrete monks

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Indawgyi in the morning

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago