Hello!
Not too long ago, I was brought to Sekinchan for a visit.
Sekinchan is a fishing village, which is located around 1.5 hours drive away from Klang town. If you're looking for a short day trip, it might be a good choice to get yourself away from the hustle and bustle of a city life.
The ride towards Sekinchan is quite uneventful, because it was drizzling all the way. However, once we reached the little township, we were greeted with this beautiful vast expanses of paddy fields. A feast for our eyes indeed!
If you've been following the local Malaysian cable TV, Astro, for a while, all these sights would look fairly familiar to you because a lot of filming were previously done here. As we were taking photos, we also noticed a crew of cameramen taking videos of the surrounding. Looks like the Chinese New Year programs have started!
These vast expanses of paddy fields belong to private companies. There were quite a number of signs like the above so it's probably a shared piece of land. However, the owners are probably aware of the tourism boom in the little township so there were no barriers to prevent people from entering for a photo opportunity.
Just like many other little townships around Malaysia, you would also find such dilapidated buildings which are now used for bird nest farming in the cities. Sekinchan is also no stranger to such industry.
It's a small little township, with not much traffic even on a weekend. So if you'd like to observe the migratory birds or just to feast yourself to a view of golden paddy fields, you could always make a short day trip here.
We headed out to the coastal area in search of seafood and that brought us to a little fishing village among the many other villages around this little township. This was one sight that greeted me behind a very famous restaurant (since there was a long queue just to have lunch). Unfortunately, the area is not very well-kept and I didn't even realise the cat until I make a closer look. I wonder if it was killed by the toxicity of the water or it was thrown into the muddy area after a roadkill.
Fishermen were just back from the sea as we reached the area so we were greeted with tongs and tongs of fishes. The men were hard at work transferring the freshly-caught fishes into ice buckets for delivery.
The ladies on the other hand were repairing the nets used for fishing. I used to see this when I visit Pulau Ketam in the past but it's been a while since my last visit so this sight was very heartwarming to me.
This is what the fishing village looks like. Just like many other fishing villages around Malaysia, these fishermen and their families still live by the river. Basically, you could see that their lives revolves around this little fishing career that they've build up themselves, or was passed down from generation to generation.
This is the wooden plank that the fishermen used to haul up their findings from the sea after a long day at work.
And finally, if you've a fan of salted fish but never know how it was made, here's a photo of a local fisherman uncle who allowed me to take this picture while he sundries his salted fishes.
If you'd like to learn more about Sekinchan or just to drive there for a fresh and relatively cheaper meal of seafood, here's a website you might want to check out!
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