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

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Coming home, near Dawei

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Indawgyi, dusk

Buddha in repose, Bago

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Afternoon, near Lonton

Indawgyi in the morning

Concrete monks

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Crossing the tracks

The Golden Rock at dusk

Salween afternoon

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

The Gokteik Viaduct

Elephants at work, Katha

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River