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

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Maungmagan Beach

Elephants at work, Katha

Indawgyi, dusk

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

The Gokteik Viaduct

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Andaman sunset, Myeik

The Golden Rock at dusk

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Afternoon, near Lonton

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Salween afternoon

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Coming home, near Dawei

Concrete monks

Buddha in repose, Bago

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Indawgyi in the morning

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Crossing the tracks