Fields of green and gold greet those who visit the village of Sekinchan. Located in the Sabak Bernam district of Selangor (about 90 minutes’ drive north of Kuala Lumpur), it’s one of the main rice producers in Malaysia. Hence, the vast padi fields.
But for the locals there, this should not come as a complete surprise. After all, the Mandarin pronunciation of Sekinchan – shi geng zhuang – means a “village suitable for farming”. And the place certainly lives up to its name – providing a beautiful landscape for that lazy Sunday drive beside fertile soils.