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

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Coming home, near Dawei

Maungmagan Beach

Buddha in repose, Bago

Indawgyi in the morning

The Gokteik Viaduct

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Crossing the tracks

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Elephants at work, Katha

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Concrete monks

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

The Golden Rock at dusk

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Afternoon, near Lonton

Shipbuilder, Myeik

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Indawgyi, dusk

Salween afternoon