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

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Buddha in repose, Bago

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Afternoon, near Lonton

Indawgyi, dusk

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Shipbuilder, Myeik

The Gokteik Viaduct

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Indawgyi in the morning

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Crossing the tracks

Maungmagan Beach

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Elephants at work, Katha

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Concrete monks

The Golden Rock at dusk

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Coming home, near Dawei

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market