When I traveled through Latin America, I booked over 330 bus hours. You couldn't pay me enough to take a long bus ride anywhere these days. However, I absolutely adore local public transportation. In moderation of course. But to me this is the true traveler's experience. You get to see sights that you would never venture off to in a safe environment. 
Plus the eye candy of the locals living daily lives is such a treat.
If you are with child (who's concentration spam is no greater than 30 minutes) don't let that stop you. Especially for short distances. In the greater San Jose area the buses are more or less normal, none of that chicken bus craziness, but it's still a lot of fun.
Even though San Jose public transport is fun, however, the people there are more cosmopolitan and don't really give you a peak into the real behind-the-scenes life. My recommendation: Hop on a bus in one of the smaller villages you're visiting. Here the buses follow more of that mythical chicken bus cliche with horrible shocks and dusty roads as locals crowd on. You and your family will get a kick out of it.
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