Sekinchan Road Trip

So it’s been almost 3 months since I last saw both of my girlfriends. Although we live in the same state, our lifestyle and crazy work schedule makes it quite impossible for all three of us to meet up at the same time. So after much planning we decided on Sekinchan, as it was what we wanted an hour and half drive road trip, some sight seeing and finally some good food.

Honestly I’ve never heard of this place until one of my friend told me about it. I was instantly attracted to this place because being a pure city born kid, I’ve never set foot in a paddy field before and not to mention seeing live goats milling about. The ones I see are usually dead at the butcher shop …….as morbid as it sound LOL.

So what is Sekinchan?

Sekinchan is a small town located in the state of Selangor. It is located along the coastal Federal between the towns of Sabak Bernam and Tanjung Karang. It is a major rice producing area besides fishing.

Apparently it was just a normal sleepy town up until a Hong Kong TV drama did some scene around this place so it became a word of mouth thingy and eventually everyone wants to be where those actors were…..I think.

So what to do there………..

Well despite reading numerous blogs about this place, basically there is nothing much happening. I mean there is paddy gallery, the actual paddy field, the Pantai Redang and …..well that’s it I guess.

We all decided to meet up at Sri Damansara Mc Donald’s and from there we had a good hearty Malaysian breakfast at one very nice mamak shop. Then we all hopped in my friend’s car and went to start our adventure.

The drive to Sekinchan was about an hour and 30minutes. We took Guthrie highway I think, and it was a relaxing drive, no heavy traffic and the weather looked promising.

Along the way we saw a lot of quite unique food signboard. I have never heard of  “Cendol Bakar” LOL unfortunately the place was closed …..or else  I would have tried it. We also saw a couple of beautifully arranged fruit stall on the road side. But we decided to get them on our way back.

But after passing by a couple of “Karipap Gergasi” stall *Giant Currypuff, we gave in to our temptation and got ourselves one each. One giant currypuff cost RM 3.50 which is not bad considering how big and heavy it felt. It was freshly cooked so the whole car smelled of crispy delicious currypuff.

The size comparison 

We passed by a lot of temple, mosque and church along the way. Most of them a just a stone throw away from each other. That is how Malaysia is truly Asia 

I’m not quite sure what temple this is, but it look like a freaking ancient and beautiful!!! Although I later found out it was a brand new rebuild temple.

We finally arrived at Sekinchan!!! And by the time we found the ‘correct’ place to park our car, we saw plenty of  Chinese from mainland tourist getting off their respective tourist bus. Most of them we we giving us a weird look probably because there was only about 3 non Chinese walking around. Two Indian girls with a Malay girl, yeah we are an odd ‘herd’ LOL.

OMG, if you guys are planning to go Sekinchan please bring a sunglasses, plenty of water, an umbrella if you get burned easy and also please put on some lotion to protect your skin from the extreme heat.

I didn’t get to touch the paddy plant because people are waiting and walking about nearby so I felt like I needed to hurry up and take a picture before they take their turn.

So basically it a beautiful green scenery, it was doing amazing things to my eyes. It almost hurt me eyes to see so much green in one go………so typical of a city kid.

There is a gallery museum for you to ‘learn’ about Sekinchan and their paddy field but because we were on tight budget and the entry price was RM5.00, none of us wanted to go in.

So after getting a heatstroke from walking around, we bought ourselves some cold beverages and decided to check out the beach. The drive from Sekinchan paddy field to Pantai Redang is about 1.2km  and you may miss it if you are not looking for it. ….not sure what I even meant by that LOL.

The moment you get off the car, you can hear Korean song blasting from one of the many stalls set up at the beach.  While my girls stood under the tree shade with their drinks, I decided to walk around beach and take some pictures.

I’m quite surprised to see so many dead seashells on the beach. 

WOW……I mean the sea is far away so I’m able to get some pictures of shallow coral stones which had plenty of mini crabs crawling and dashing into all those holes. I could not get a decent picture of them because the sun was blinding and the crabs were moving too fast. GRRRR

The stalls sold many food, drinks, souvenirs and some even offer massage service. After walking about we took some pictures of the wishing tree which looks amazing but honestly we were starting to feel the heat of the blazing sun that we decided to cut short our milling about and head back to the car.

We had initially planned to buy some fresh seafood but I guess since it was Sunday most of the shops that sell bulk sea food was closed. So there goes our opportunity to buy fresh sea food.

Overall Rating: 5/10

Recommended for:

• Parents with 8-12 age kids who both can benefit from this trip. 
• For parents they are able to buy cheap food, seafood and some lazy day by the beach.
• Kids there is plenty of place for them to play around the beach and stalls there mainly sell toys and junk food.
• If you are passing through Sabak Bernam and you can stop by Sekinchan for a quick sightseeing or maybe stop by lunch or dinner.

Not recommended:

• If your sole purpose of your trip is to go to Sekinchan, besides beautiful scenery, its pretty much a sleepy town, nothing much to see or do besides paddy field, Chinese temple, and beach. If you are into seafood maybe this might be a bonus point.

Tip:

Heat is real here !!
So be warned to bring plenty of water and bring along sun protection things for your eyes and skin.