Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
There are a few basic lodging options, a supermarket and the requisite Musmanni bakery.
Accommodations tend to fill up on market days (Monday and Tuesday).
Cabinas El Piculino
CABINA
( 2751-0130; d with fan/air-con US$30/40; )
Connected to the great
soda
(casados US$5; Mon-Sat)
run by the same family, this spot-
less place has 22 clean, simple, brightly painted rooms with private hot showers; all have
TV and most have air-con.
Restaurante Bribrí
COSTA RICAN
( 2751-0044; breakfast US$3, casados US$5; 5am-5pm Mon-Sat)
Run by the helpful Carlos and Miriam, this busy restaurant adjacent to the bus stop serves
breakfast,
casados,
chicken with rice, fried plantains and tamales.
Restaurante Kaya Chökök Mlàs Mlàs
CARIBBEAN
(casados US$5-7, mains US$5-9; 7am-4pmi)
A pleasant 2nd-story terrace restaurant located near the Banco Nacional, this place serves
up superdelicious cooking, including the delectably carnivorous 'Arroz Kaya' (US$6), a
steaming pile of fried rice studded with bacon, ham, chicken and steak, and served with
salad and fried plantains.
Information
Banco Nacional
(
8:30am-3:45pm)
Has an ATM and changes US dollars. It's 100m
north of the bus stop.
Getting There & Away
Buses arrive and depart hourly from in front of Restaurante Bribrí.
Puerto Limón, via Cahuita
US$4.40; three hours; departs hourly from 6am to 7pm.
San José
US$11.80; 5½ hours; departs 6:30am, 8:30am, 10:30am and 3:30pm.
Sixaola
US$1.95; 30 minutes; departs hourly from 6am to 8pm.