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

Buddha in repose, Bago

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

The Golden Rock at dusk

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Salween afternoon

Indawgyi, dusk

Afternoon, near Lonton

Elephants at work, Katha

Concrete monks

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Maungmagan Beach

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Coming home, near Dawei

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The Gokteik Viaduct

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Crossing the tracks

Indawgyi in the morning

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An