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The largest town in the area, TOCO , is a proud, close-knit community with the highest concentration of Baptists in the Caribbean. Though there are often-mooted suggestions to build a ferry terminal to Tobago here, so far the village has been left in peace. As you enter the town, Galera Road strikes off to the right; this is where the Toco Folk Museum (open during school hours 8am-3.30pm, or ring 868/670-8261; TT$3, TT$2 children), located in the Toco Composite School, is based. A fascinating local project highlighting local history, the small museum houses Amerindian artefacts, snakeskins, butterflies and household items, including a gramophone and some rare 78rpm calypso records, which can be played if especially requested. The road continues to a good beach and Galera Point , the island's extreme eastern tip. Adjacent to the lighthouse is a windblown, rocky bluff, known as Fishing Rock, an atmospheric place where the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic collide in a swirl of aquamarine and shimmering slate froth. Standing on the rock you feel as if you are on the edge of the world, which is how a group of rebellious Amerindians must have felt in 1699 when they leapt to their deaths here rather than be killed by their Spanish slave-masters. Past Toco, the road becomes Paria Main Road , running perilously close to the cliffs, where huge waves crash onto a wild and rugged coast. At the next village, Sans Souci , is a safe beach and the island's surfing capital - a regular venue for competitions.
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