Guabito is a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in the Changuinola District

Changuinola District

Changuinola District is a district of Bocas del Toro Province in Panama. The population according to the 2000 census was 71,922. The district covers a total area of 3,995 km². The capital lies at the city of Changuinola...

 of the Bocas del Toro Province

Bocas del Toro Province

Bocas del Toro is a province of Panama. Its extension is 4,643.9 square kilometers comprising the mainland and nine main islands. The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Almirante , Laguna de Chiriquí , and adjacent mainland. The capital is the city of Bocas del Toro on Isla...

 of Panama

Panama

Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...

. Guabito is a small town located directly across the Rio Sixaola from Sixaola

Sixaola

This article is about the town of Sixaola. For the river, see Rio Sixaola.Sixaola is a small town in the Talamanca Canton of Limón Province, Costa Rica. The town is located on the Rio Sixaola , which forms the Costa Rica-Panama border. Highway 36 ends in Sixaola. Sixaola is right across the river...

, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

. An elevated former railroad grade and bridge connect Guabito to Sixaola. This border crossing is popular with tourists going between Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....

 and Bocas del Toro

Bocas del Toro Province

Bocas del Toro is a province of Panama. Its extension is 4,643.9 square kilometers comprising the mainland and nine main islands. The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Almirante , Laguna de Chiriquí , and adjacent mainland. The capital is the city of Bocas del Toro on Isla...

. Guabito is one hour ahead of Sixaola because the Costa Rica-Panama border is also a time zone boundary. Few tourists stop in Guabito longer than necessary to clear Panamanian customs.