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

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Maungmagan Beach

Indawgyi in the morning

The Golden Rock at dusk

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Elephants at work, Katha

Afternoon, near Lonton

The Gokteik Viaduct

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Salween afternoon

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Coming home, near Dawei

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Buddha in repose, Bago

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Crossing the tracks

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Concrete monks

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Andaman sunset, Myeik