As you approach from the south, central Shwebo’s skyline is given a very alluring dazzle by a collection of golden pagoda spires. These cluster around the extensive, 500-year-old Shwe Daza Paya. Close up, however, the complex feels a little anticlimactic. Across the road, the dilapidated Chanthaya Paya was undergoing repairs at the time of writing.
