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

Elephants at work, Katha

Seagulls, Shwemizu

The view from Mount Zwegabin, outside Hpa-An

Indawgyi in the morning

Afternoon, near Lonton

U Thoma and his bedroom © Jo James

Coming home, near Dawei

First of thousands of similar shots, Bago

Buddha in repose, Bago

The fast boat, Ayeyarwady River

Shwemizu Pagoda, Lake Indawgyi

Maungmagan Beach

Monkey with drinking problems, Mount Zwegabin

Shipbuilder, Myeik

Bodhi Ta Kaw, near the Golden Rock

Concrete monks

Kaavadi 2, Pyin Oo Lwin

Waterfall, Pyin Oo Lwin

Salween afternoon

The Gokteik Viaduct

Bamboo causeway, Bhamo

Kaavadi 1, Pyin Oo Lwin

Crossing the tracks

Potters, Kyaukmyaung

Andaman sunset, Myeik

A bird on the wing over Shwedagon, Yangon

Baby sharks, Myeik Fish Market

Buddha and peepul tree, Bago

Pagoda ornament, Shwebo

Indawgyi, dusk

The Golden Rock at dusk