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

Salween afternoon

Elephants at work, Katha

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Maungmagan Beach

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha in repose, Bago

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Coming home, near Dawei

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

The Golden Rock at dusk

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

The Gokteik Viaduct

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Concrete monks

Indawgyi, dusk

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Indawgyi in the morning

Crossing the tracks

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Afternoon, near Lonton

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Potters, Kyaukmyaung