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

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Elephants at work, Katha

Afternoon, near Lonton

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Concrete monks

Indawgyi, dusk

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Indawgyi in the morning

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Maungmagan Beach

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

The Golden Rock at dusk

Coming home, near Dawei

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Buddha in repose, Bago

Salween afternoon

Andaman sunset, Myeik

The Gokteik Viaduct

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Crossing the tracks