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

Elephants at work, Katha

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Indawgyi, dusk

Indawgyi in the morning

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

The Golden Rock at dusk

Salween afternoon

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Concrete monks

Buddha in repose, Bago

Maungmagan Beach

Crossing the tracks

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The Gokteik Viaduct

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Coming home, near Dawei

Afternoon, near Lonton

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Shipbuilder, Myeik