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

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Salween afternoon

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Maungmagan Beach

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Indawgyi, dusk

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Buddha in repose, Bago

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

The Gokteik Viaduct

Indawgyi in the morning

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Afternoon, near Lonton

Concrete monks

The Golden Rock at dusk

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Elephants at work, Katha

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Coming home, near Dawei

Crossing the tracks

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Andaman sunset, Myeik