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

Salween afternoon

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Maungmagan Beach

Indawgyi, dusk

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

The Golden Rock at dusk

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Concrete monks

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Buddha in repose, Bago

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

The Gokteik Viaduct

Elephants at work, Katha

Andaman sunset, Myeik

Indawgyi in the morning

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Crossing the tracks

Shipbuilder, Myeik

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Afternoon, near Lonton

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Coming home, near Dawei

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Seagulls, Shwemizu

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo