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

Coming home, near Dawei

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Crossing the tracks

Indawgyi, dusk

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Afternoon, near Lonton

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Buddha in repose, Bago

Concrete monks

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Salween afternoon

The Gokteik Viaduct

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

The Golden Rock at dusk

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Indawgyi in the morning

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Andaman sunset, Myeik

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Elephants at work, Katha