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

Crossing the tracks

The Gokteik Viaduct

Elephants at work, Katha

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Andaman sunset, Myeik

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Coming home, near Dawei

Buddha in repose, Bago

Concrete monks

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

The Golden Rock at dusk

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Indawgyi in the morning

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Maungmagan Beach

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Indawgyi, dusk

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Afternoon, near Lonton

Salween afternoon

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An