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

The Golden Rock at dusk

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Elephants at work, Katha

Maungmagan Beach

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Crossing the tracks

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Afternoon, near Lonton

The Gokteik Viaduct

Andaman sunset, Myeik

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Indawgyi in the morning

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Buddha in repose, Bago

Coming home, near Dawei

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Concrete monks

Indawgyi, dusk

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Salween afternoon

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago