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

The Golden Rock at dusk

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Elephants at work, Katha

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The Gokteik Viaduct

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Coming home, near Dawei

Buddha in repose, Bago

Afternoon, near Lonton

Indawgyi, dusk

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

Crossing the tracks

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Salween afternoon

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Indawgyi in the morning

Concrete monks

Shipbuilder, Myeik