Road trip to Sekinchan

Made a detour through the coastal roads on the way back from hometown to drop by at Sekinchan for a half day trip. The weather was perfect, blue skies and fluffy white clouds. Very sunny, indeed.

Sekinchan was made popular to tourists and city folks after the local Chinese drama 'The Seeds of Life'. The large green 'field', sometimes golden brown when it is near harvesting and blue sky are perfect for photography.

the grains

the big yellow machine - harvesting machine

yellow machine in a distant

the tractor and the harvesting machine 

aqueduct in the paddy field

 9 Emperor God temple which appear in the drama

From the main road, after the signboard of Sekinchan, you can make a left turn (coming from the North), or if you're coming from KL then it's right turn after seeing Site B, or Jalan Tali Air 5. You'll come into these paddy fields and can drive next to it.

If you like to visit the paddy processing plants or buy some pearl rice, go ahead on Jalan Tali Air 5 to a paddy processing factory, PLS Marketing. It's hard to miss with the tour buses which frequents the place.

I stopped by for lunch at Restoran Guan Seng Long at Bagan Sekinchan. Bagan Sekinchan is on the other side of the road, opposite the place where you turn in for paddy fields. Look out for signboard for Jalan Bagan Sekinchan. There are a lot of eateries down the road of Jalan Bagan Sekinchan.

sotong with curry powder (RM11)

 

shark meat soup (RM12)

 mantis shrimp with salted egg yolk (RM11)

Vegetables (RM6)

All these with drinks and rice for only RM47.60. I don't think I can get any dishes like this in KL for that price. Yummy and cheap!

After lunch, we drove down Jalan Bagan Sekinchan to the fishing villages.

fishing village at Sekinchan

fishing boats of the men

calm village after the busy hours

The next attraction at Sekinchan is the Redang beach. Went there at about 4-5pm, and it was low-tide, so no pretty beach for me. I'll be back next time to see the beautiful sunset.

Drive along the way and pass through the fishing villages and a chinese temple, the left turn to Redang beach is before a Malay eatery, and you'll see a sign which says Pantai Redang.

tree houses at the beach

low tide beach

sunset view at Redang beach (source from www.sekinchan.org)

Sekinchan make a good day trip for city folks like us, to just leave behind the hustle bustle of the city. :)