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

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

The Golden Rock at dusk

Buddha in repose, Bago

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Elephants at work, Katha

Coming home, near Dawei

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Indawgyi, dusk

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Crossing the tracks

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Salween afternoon

Concrete monks

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

The Gokteik Viaduct

Afternoon, near Lonton

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Indawgyi in the morning