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

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Maungmagan Beach

Indawgyi in the morning

Buddha in repose, Bago

The Gokteik Viaduct

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Salween afternoon

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

The Golden Rock at dusk

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Coming home, near Dawei

Concrete monks

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Indawgyi, dusk

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Elephants at work, Katha

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Crossing the tracks

Afternoon, near Lonton

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Seagulls, Shwemizu

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James