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Statesmanship, Education, Industrial
Development, Politics, and Private Study.
It is open to the General Public on the
last two Saturdays of every month from
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. School Groups
are welcome on Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to
noon. Reservations necessary.
Contact The Main Library,
Tel: (868) 662-2002 or 645-3232/4 Ext.
3506 or 3361. USA Contact: Erica Williams
Connell, P.O. Box 561631, Miami, Florida
33256-1631. Tel: 305-271-7246.
E-mail: ewc-suilan@juno.com.
Web site: http://palmm.fcla.edu/eew
Southern and Central
Sights
In the south, San Fernando Hill offers
a picturesque nature trail and fabulous
lookout over the heart of the city.
Devil’s Woodyard, where the mud
volcanoes belch out thick, chocolaty mud,
is a delight for the kids to witness.
The Pitch Lake is a gift of nature and
a national treasure, providing the entire
country, and many of the neighbouring
islands, with pitch for building roads. The
ride along the road is like a roller coaster
from the melting pitch underground, and
the sulphur lakes are well known for their
healing properties. Open daily from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For tours and information,
it is highly recommended that you call
Amena Hosein-Clarke, Trustee of the La
Brea Pitch Lake Tour Guides Association,
at 648-7697 or 784-3817, or the Tourism
Development Company’s office, Tel: (868)
675-7034.
In central Trinidad, the newly
constructed Hanuman Murti, located
in Carapichaima, is an awesome Hindu
religious site. Lion House, formerly the
home of Nobel laureate Sir Vidya Naipaul,
stands aloof in Chaguanas.
The Wild Fowl Trust in Pointe-à-Pierre is a
beautiful nature park with tours and nature
trails. At the Trust, you can view the beautiful
waterfowls of Trinidad and Tobago, and
lakes that house a wildlife reserve, which
has been in existence for over thirty years;
unique to the Caribbean region. Contact
Molly Gaskin at 637-5144, two days in
advance before visiting. Tours: 8:00 a.m.–
5:00 p.m. on weekends 10:00 a.m.– 4:00
p.m.
La Vega Estate, located in Gran Couva,
from its humble beginnings as a cocoa
estate, has grown and blossomed into a
thriving nursery and garden centre with
outlets in north and south Trinidad. La
Vega has opened its gates to the public
and offers fun for the entire family. La
Vega is also home to a shrine dedicated
to the Divine Mercy of Jesus. For further
information call 679-9522.
Western Sights
Chaguaramas Base and the
Chaguaramas Military & Aerospace
Museum houses interesting historical
artifacts of wartime. On the compound
of the Museum are four consecrated
Memorials alongside military vehicles,
vessels, artillery and aircraft. The indoor
museum is 12,000 square feet in area,
covering over 500 years of history.
Located in the Bocas del Dragón or
Dragon’s Mouth are the five islands referred
to as “Down the islands”: Chacachacare,
Huevos, Gasparillo (or Centipede Island),
Monos and Gaspar Grande (or Gasparee).
Many locals have holiday homes on Monos
and Gasparee, within easy access by boat
from Chaguaramas. Scotland Bay is also
very popular with locals on weekends.
Machinery display at the Pointe-a-Pierre old railway station
CaféMoka
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