Spice garden visit

We had passed a few signs about chocolate factories and our driver had on many occasions pointed out the cocoa plantations in amongst the tea, coffee and various other plants. On hearing this the kids were pretty excited so we agreed that we would go to the chocolate factory.

The driver had a very particular place in mind and it took a very looooong time to find it!! After stopping about 12 times to ask locals about chocolate factory (and then something else we couldn’t understand in Hindi) we arrived at a spice garden! Paying the 100 rupees each for the garden tour and learning all about various plants and ayurvedic medicines we arrived at the shop with the hard sell. Dad was not taking any part in this, no question this was the high driver commission tourist prices kind of place.

When Mum confessed she had paid $36 for a metabolism concoction Dad (and the kids in synchronisation) said a loud ‘NO’ to every other question of ‘should we buy this’! Oh, and there was absolutely no chocolate to be found anywhere close to this shop!!Read more