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

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

The Gokteik Viaduct

Elephants at work, Katha

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Indawgyi, dusk

Concrete monks

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Afternoon, near Lonton

The Golden Rock at dusk

Coming home, near Dawei

Indawgyi in the morning

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Buddha in repose, Bago

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Salween afternoon

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Crossing the tracks