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

Concrete monks

Buddha in repose, Bago

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Coming home, near Dawei

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Indawgyi in the morning

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Crossing the tracks

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Salween afternoon

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Elephants at work, Katha

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

The Gokteik Viaduct

Maungmagan Beach

Indawgyi, dusk

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Afternoon, near Lonton

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Shipbuilder, Myeik

The Golden Rock at dusk

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock