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

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Concrete monks

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Elephants at work, Katha

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Buddha in repose, Bago

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Maungmagan Beach

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

The Golden Rock at dusk

Coming home, near Dawei

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Afternoon, near Lonton

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Indawgyi, dusk

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Crossing the tracks

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

The Gokteik Viaduct

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Indawgyi in the morning

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Salween afternoon