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104 The DelTa anD wesTern MyanMar Pathein
ST R AN D R OAD BO WARD NGAWIN KYUN THA RD BO KANAUNG ROAD Settawyar
Pagoda
THONE
M I N YAT TAN ROAD
NYAUNG PIN THA ST BAGAN SCHOOL ROAD B O KANAUNG ROAD SA K AWAR R OA D SATTAW YA R R D
THANMADA ROAD SAT SHWE THEIK ROAD NEJALLDA ROAD Shwezigon M I N G Y I GONE WARD YOEDAYAR GONE ROAD TAR WA TEIN THAR PA G O DA R D Megada Wone
YODAYAR
KWIN TAN ROAD
Pagoda
Monastery
2 Ngwe Saung KALAE TAN ST S AY YOE TAN ST RO A D 28 Pagoda AOO B O TA N R D SHIN PIN BONE PWINT RD R O A D
MAN WIN MAUNG ROAD
Buses to
KAN ST 28 PAGODA ROAD KOETHEIN
WARD
PANDIN STREET MERCHANT STREET Stadium 28 PA G O D A ROAD DANI TAN ROAD Monastery M A H A B A N D O O L A SHIN PIN BON
Dani Tan
MAGYI BAND A N ROAD SHWEZIGON PAYA ST THEIN TAW GYI ROAD
S T R A N D ROAD
Buses to JAIL ROAD
Chaung Tha
Night PANCHAN ST
Market Clocktower MA KOE ZU MONASTE R Y RD E PWINT ROAD
ZAY YAT TAN ROAD
Jetty KOZU ROAD MINGYI ROAD HABANDOOLA ROAD AUNG THU KHA RD
Customs JAIL ROAD
House PANCHAN ST M E R C H A N T S T R E E T Buses to MAYAN
Shwemokhtaw Mawdin THIT SAR ROAD CHO WARD MAYAN CHO ROAD
N Pagoda Point Bus ticket offices
P a t h e i n R i v e r
Buses to Yangon MAYA N C H O ROAD
P A G O DA R OAD
CB GONE ROAD
PAYAGYI
Market ZAY CHAUNG STREET Bank JAIL ROAD Htike Myat San Motel 1
ACCOMMODATION
NYET PYAW TAN STREET KHAT TAR STREET MINGYI ROAD MYOMA WARD STATION ROAD La Pyae Wun Hotel 4 2 3
AGD
MYENU ROAD
Bank
DOWNTOWN
Naung Yoe
S T R A N D R OA D OHMAR DARNI ROAD St Peter's Cathedral MAXWELL ROAD Paradise Hotel 5
Pammawaddy Hotel
MER CH A N T ST RE ET
SHOPPING
KALADAN STREET MOSQUE ROAD TAGAUNG PAGODA ROAD EATING Railway Bandoola Umbrella Shop 2 1
Pathein
Shwe Sar Traditional
Station
Umbrella Workshop
Myo Restaurant
PATHEIN G7 Bakery & Café 2 3 1 0 metres 500
Shwe Zin Yaw
out for an image of a frog eating a snake – you can pour nine cups of water over
the frog and make a wish. On the opposite, northwest, side of the terrace is a
shrine to Shin Upagot (see p.386), set in the middle of a small pond. Close by are
a couple of small nat shrines, with an image of the elephant-headed Hindu god
Ganesh (incorporated into the Burmese nat pantheon under the name of Maha
Peinne) between.
The northern entrance frames excellent views of the Shwezigon Pagoda’s giant
seated Buddha.
Shwezigon Pagoda
• Kozu Rd • Daily 24hr • Free
Due north of the Shwemokhtaw, the Shwezigon Pagoda is hard to miss thanks to its
huge, open-air seated Buddha. The rest of the temple comprises a fairly cursory and
haphazard collection of shrines, including a series of decaying sculptures in rusty cages
(among them a procession of monks, Brahma mounted upon a hamsa and the
ubiquitous Shin Upagot) as well as further assorted nats.
The market and riverfront
Pathein’s market is spread over two blocks. The newer southern block is relatively
humdrum, with lots of stalls selling cheap clothes. The older northern block
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