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One of the excellent ways for us to move around and experience more of this vibrant city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/1622101258455-J5B1TO3GXMGVD3IGK439/IMG-9213.jpg Upcoming We will explore the Ben Tre cacao farms—one of the regions Marou and other makers get their unique cacao to make delicious bean to bar chocolate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/1622101306152-J00P8XVYQHY5TMHK09IQ/IMG-9236.jpg Upcoming After hot days of tasting food, finding great chocolate and truffles, and walking the hot streets, we will retire to our lush, green hotel and take a dip in the pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/1622101346439-9XLH56RMEHN4HI5EKVN2/IMG-9238.jpg Upcoming Hoi An river scene. Wandering the streets of this Unesco World Heritage site in the center of Vietnam will certainly live up to the meaning of its name: Peaceful Meeting Place. We’ll also dive into understanding the local cuisine and roll up our sleeves to do some applied learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/1622101534256-7H215WHALEVAZ9BMA6Y4/IMG-9246.jpg Upcoming Hoi An is an old trading port, and is a true blend of indigenous and foreign influence. Also, no cars allowed in the old town! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/1622101564397-I993TUJHJ6L2N3JTP8B6/IMG-9295.jpg Upcoming After days spent wandering the streets of Hoi An, a refreshing dip before a delicious meal will send us intently into more evening exploration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/1622101612532-VNR9QQIQ8HVX4NX7NY7S/eff7df1c-9bcc-482c-9e68-e60baab887ce.JPG Upcoming No words, just let me into this image and give me those chopsticks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/1622101664040-SMFUJ56Q9GA5WX484UPI/IMG-9331.jpg Upcoming Sailing around on a luxury junk will give us views of floating towns like these, and time to digest our first days in Vietnam. And have some fun group time together, enjoying the views, playing games and eating more delicious local delicacies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/1622101727990-BTDTV9HMF6VJSQP64JYT/IMG-9318.jpg Upcoming Captivating cliffs and magical house boat living. There are only three places on earth that have this style of limestone formations: China, Cuba and Vietnam. Shall we head to China next to complete our rounds? https://www.happychocolateexperiences.com/about daily 0.75 2026-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/23560a9b-38fa-48a9-b44f-26f778154036/Screenshot+2026-10-12+at+1.24.46%E2%80%AFPM.png About My childhood dream of having a pet monkey was fulfilled in the Ecuadorian jungle, at least for the time I was there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/556325ec-6b89-4ba7-b787-c169812aa0a0/TCGRemodelWednParty.jpg About The Chocolate Garage was a tiny space, but similar to the tardis. Time and space expanded inside. We created a magical space for sitting and tasting, slowing down and learning all about the maker, the beans and your own palate. This is TCG 2.0, redesign done by the same genius who did 1.0: Mama Hege. Here you can see what a random Wednesday evening gathering looked and felt like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/c375ea94-07c2-478b-8f15-b21a48d4e13c/SomaSunitaTCG.jpg About Cynthia of SOMA holding Big Little Man, an exclusive bar Cynthia and David made for The Chocolate Garage customers. Cynthia came to join The Chocolate Garage and our loving customers for our 5th anniversary in 2015. She met customers, shared her and David’s story and we all chatted late into the night together with the makers illustrated in the bars they made posted on the oil pan to the right. Oil pan, get it? The Chocolate Garage? ;) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/e8f14628-22cd-4b3c-a86e-4b739134a784/NicaGangTruck.jpg About Our first trip was to Nicaragua in 2016, we visited Giff and his farm, as well his centralized fermentation site that provides cacao to many small craft chocolate makers to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a57dda6bff200683556a701/4e7798f8-0d8c-4955-8167-610eef481bc7/PollachiTrip1Gang.jpg About One of the most scenic farms, with cacao and coconut growing side by side. This was my first of three visits to visit this incredible farm run by Harish and Rathi, in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu. Harish has been experimenting with biodynamic and regenerative agriculture. It has been a delight to track their progress, I visited their farm again in February 2026 for the third time. 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