Our 1st trip to Sekinchan, an 11th hour day trip to a paddy field and fishing village in Selangor, over 100 km north of KL. We had wanted to go so many times. It's not that far from KL, thus we kept putting it in the sideline for other priorities. The biggest challenge making this trip - on a new year - was rising early. We have to condition our body again to get up early after the long school holidays. It sure felt like a good start to a new year. The golden crop has just been harvested in December. It didn't matter cos every season there's something to see here. The sky after a long season of rain. The sun shined on and off again - a promise of a new season, one filled with lotsa sunshine. Golden crop - the rice-bowl of Selangor. Driving along the scenic Jalan Tali Air to see the paddy fields. Shoebox houses to attract swiftlets are common sight. Tractor working to prepare the land for the next planting season whilst birds - little egrets, ca