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

Indawgyi, dusk

The Gokteik Viaduct

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Maungmagan Beach

Afternoon, near Lonton

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Crossing the tracks

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Concrete monks

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Coming home, near Dawei

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Salween afternoon

Elephants at work, Katha

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Indawgyi in the morning

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha in repose, Bago

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

The Golden Rock at dusk

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo