www.CostaRicaTicas.com

Mercado central covers a whole square block between avenidas central and 1 and between calle 6 and 8. If you are downtown it is an easy walk no need for a cab but should you take a cab every driver will know where it is.

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Thanks. If I can ever figure out the bus system here I'll start using the buses more. The only one I use now is the one that goes Mall San Pedro - San Jose since it's simple.

Gonna try the Zapote feria first, then the Guadalupe next.

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The Guadalupe busses leave from the area of Ave 3 between Calle 1 and 3 near the Auto Mercado, south of the Parque Morazon. Ask one of the bus drivers which bus goes nearest to the Feria. When the bus leaves you off, you will have to walk about three blocks to get to the Guadalupe Feria. It is on Saturday.

The Zapote Feria is on Sunday. It is just south of the Registro Nacional; it is west of Price Smart.

This link may be old (the Tel#s are only 7 digits) but maybe of some help:
Schedule: http://costa-rica-guide.com/travel/inde ... San%20Jose
downtown map: http://costa-rica-guide.com/travel/inde ... mitstart=1
Perhaps this is more useful though more bare-bones: http://thebusschedule.com/cr/index.php

Happy shopping.

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Thanks! I shop at that automercado sometimes, so i have seen many buses around there that say Moravia and Guadalupe. So I will just backtrack to where they are leaving from and ask the driver if they go to the Guadalupe feria agricultor.

I went to Mercado Central in San Jose yesterday. Score!!! Lots of fish and meat stores with prices far lower than the supermercados, and lots more choices!! Plus I found some really freaking hot peppers (I would guess they are the scary cousins of the habanero), I found some limon acido which look a lot like lemons to me. Plus I found spice shops which sell lots of different spicies I couldn't find anywhere else!

I will definitely be hitting Mercado Central once a week from now on. I'll be paying out the ass at Automercado a lot less from now on.

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Man I'm living life like a great white shark swimming with minnows! It's all about panocha, great scotch, fine cigars, loud-ass rock music and speed, speed, speed - plus spending as much time as possible in paradise on earth, Costa Rica!

Automercado caters to upper class Ticos and gringos. They have more U.S. products then any other super market but also have higher prices than other super markets.

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Pura Vida
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four
essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
Alex Levine