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

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Salween afternoon

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Elephants at work, Katha

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Crossing the tracks

Coming home, near Dawei

Indawgyi in the morning

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Maungmagan Beach

The Gokteik Viaduct

Concrete monks

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Indawgyi, dusk

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Seagulls, Shwemizu

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Afternoon, near Lonton

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Buddha in repose, Bago

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

The Golden Rock at dusk

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock