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

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Maungmagan Beach

Salween afternoon

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Indawgyi, dusk

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Coming home, near Dawei

Afternoon, near Lonton

Crossing the tracks

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Indawgyi in the morning

Shipbuilder, Myeik

The Gokteik Viaduct

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Concrete monks

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Buddha in repose, Bago

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

The Golden Rock at dusk

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Elephants at work, Katha