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

The Golden Rock at dusk

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Indawgyi, dusk

Maungmagan Beach

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Afternoon, near Lonton

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Salween afternoon

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Concrete monks

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

The Gokteik Viaduct

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha in repose, Bago

Elephants at work, Katha

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Crossing the tracks

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Indawgyi in the morning

Coming home, near Dawei