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rustic wooden tables in a garden setting. There is artwork for sale and the café is managed
by the Artisans' Association of Verapaz.
For Asian food, try the clean and tidy
Restaurante Kam Mun
(1a Calle 8-12 Zona
2), where heaping portions of Chinese dishes ($5-10) are served in a pleasant atmosphere.
Anotheralternativeis
Restaurante Cantonés
(behindHotelLaPosadaatDiagonal4,4-24
Zona 2, tel. 7952-1592, 11:30 A.M.-10 P.M. daily), where a tasty large plate of fried rice
can be had for $4.
There are several cheap eats lining the central plaza, the best (and safest) of which is
Empanadas Argentinas,
on the north end next to Telgua, where you can savor a tasty
chicken empanada for just $0.85.
Tourist Information
Cobán doesn't have an INGUAT office but you can find out everything you might need to
know from the friendly staff at Casa D'Acuña (4a Calle 3-11 Zona 2, tel. 7951-0482) and
Hostal de Doña Victoria (3a Calle 2-38 Zona 3, tel. 7951-4213/14), which act as the de
facto tourism information offices.
Communications
Thepostofficeisonthecornerof2aAvenidaand3aCalleoneblocksoutheastofthemain
plaza. Telgua is right on the plaza, on the north side, with card phones outside.
You'll find several options for access to the Internet in Cobán, with the going rate at
about $1.75 an hour. Among the options are Access Computación (1a Calle 3-13 Zona 1,
tel. 7951-4040, 9 A.M.-7 P.M. Mon.-Fri., 8 A.M.- 6 P.M. Sat.), Hostal de Doña Victor-
ia (3a Calle 2-38 Zona 3, tel. 7951-4213/14), CyberCoban (3a Avenida, 1-11 Zona 4, tel.
7951-1777, 8:30 A.M.-7 P.M. daily), and Cybernet (on the south side of the plaza at Di-
agonal 4, 3-12 Zona 2, tel. 7951-4390).
Navega.com
.
(8 A.M.-8 P.M.) is right next door
to Café Tirol and has lightning-fast connection speeds. Mayan Internet (6a Avenida 2-28
Zona 1, tel. 5694-7696, 8:30 A.M.-8 P.M. Mon.-Sat., 2:30-9 P.M. Sun.) is another option.
Money
Banco Industrial has a Visa ATM at 1a Calle and 7a Avenida, Zona 1. Banco G&T Contin-
ental has a branch at 1a Calle and 4a Avenida, across the street from Hotel La Posada, with
a versatile 5B ATM. There's another branch at 1a Calle and 2a Avenida, Zona 3. You can
change travelers checks and dollars at all of these.
Laundry
