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

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The Golden Rock at dusk

Crossing the tracks

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Salween afternoon

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Concrete monks

Maungmagan Beach

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Elephants at work, Katha

Buddha in repose, Bago

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Afternoon, near Lonton

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Indawgyi in the morning

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Indawgyi, dusk

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

The Gokteik Viaduct

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Coming home, near Dawei

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin