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

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Concrete monks

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Elephants at work, Katha

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Crossing the tracks

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Afternoon, near Lonton

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Coming home, near Dawei

Indawgyi, dusk

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

The Gokteik Viaduct

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Indawgyi in the morning

Buddha in repose, Bago

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

The Golden Rock at dusk

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Salween afternoon

Maungmagan Beach

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon