Sixaola is 49 km (30 mi) south of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, known
locally as Puerto Viejo. Puerto Viejo is a tourist destination on Costa Rica's
Caribbean coast. Tourists pass through Sixaola and Guabito along a road
connecting destinations in Limón Province, Costa Rica and Bocas del Toro
Province, Panama. The road is an old elevated railroad grade. A former railroad
bridge crosses the Rio Sixaola at the border. Costa Rican customs is located at
the west end of the bridge just down some stairs from the elevated railroad
grade. When crossing the border in either direction, tourists must clear
