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

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Salween afternoon

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Buddha in repose, Bago

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Crossing the tracks

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Indawgyi, dusk

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Maungmagan Beach

Coming home, near Dawei

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Afternoon, near Lonton

The Gokteik Viaduct

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

The Golden Rock at dusk

Indawgyi in the morning

Elephants at work, Katha

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Concrete monks

Shipbuilder, Myeik

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago