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Extract from the Arima Travel Guides:
Past Arouca, the EMR takes on a more rural aspect, wreathing through Cleaver Woods up to
Arima
. Named Naparima by the Amerindians who were the first to settle in the area, it has a far deeper history than its commercial facade would suggest. The town is home to what's left of Trinidad's
Carib
community - most of whom live around the crucifix-strewn
Calvary Hill
. The Santa Rosa Carib Community Association, formed in 1974 to look after their interests, has its headquarters on Paul Mitchell Street, behind the cemetery, and sells good-quality traditional Amerindian craft such as woven baskets or carved...
read the whole Arima Travel Guides...
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