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

Shipbuilder, Myeik

The Golden Rock at dusk

Coming home, near Dawei

Indawgyi, dusk

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Maungmagan Beach

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Indawgyi in the morning

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Crossing the tracks

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Salween afternoon

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Afternoon, near Lonton

The Gokteik Viaduct

Buddha in repose, Bago

Elephants at work, Katha

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock