Cross the Ayeyarwady River from Mandalay, Sagaing's white-and-gold stupas spread over low green hills. Sitagu Buddist Academ is quite nice looking, wheather seen from close or afar. And Umin Thounzeh has 45 Buddha statues with its crescent-shaped colonnade. The stupa of Pon Nya Shin Paya is covered with gold.