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

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Indawgyi in the morning

Salween afternoon

The Gokteik Viaduct

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Indawgyi, dusk

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Crossing the tracks

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Concrete monks

Coming home, near Dawei

The Golden Rock at dusk

Elephants at work, Katha

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Afternoon, near Lonton

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Buddha in repose, Bago