Just across the Chaukhtatgyi Paya is the Ngahtatgyi Paya. They have confusingly similar names but it is worth noting that Ngahtatgyi Paya means Five Storey Buddha, while the Chaukhtatgyi Paya means Six Storey Buddha. The main pagoda is quite a bit of a walk into the monastery complex. It wasn’t really as impressive as the Chaukhtatgyi Paya, although there was also a large Buddha housed in it. After all what would a Buddhist temple be in Myanmar without a large statue of Buddha.
I was inclined to visit the Ngahtatgyi Paya but was turned off when visitors are “requested” a contribution of 2000 kyats which I was also short of. I found it strange that place of worship would charge for admission fees for foreigners. Either way, I wasn’t really going in so I merely wandered outside the area. I noticed a nice colonial style building with Chinese characters. I really had no idea who stays there but the house was quite impressive. Even in these small streets I still needed to be wary of Thingyan merrimakers.
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