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

Salween afternoon

Buddha in repose, Bago

Indawgyi in the morning

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Coming home, near Dawei

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Elephants at work, Katha

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

The Golden Rock at dusk

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

The Gokteik Viaduct

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Afternoon, near Lonton

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Crossing the tracks

Concrete monks

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Maungmagan Beach

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Indawgyi, dusk

Andaman sunset, Myeik