Hardware Store + Rice Processing Factory

This is a photo of an MDF panel we found at a local hardware store in Liberia. Went went there to explore the local textures and construction materials and to gain a better sense of the how in Costa Rica. Most of the materials were similar to what we can find in the states. However, more houses in Liberia uses corrugated metal sheets for roofs and build with cement and similar types of materials. I also found fans, chairs and packaging made from straw materials.

We visited a rice processing plant on our last day and took a lot at how quality control is done with different types of rice, as well as the machines that process the rice. We saw a large truck pass by at one point carrying an enormous quantity of rice. 20 of those trucks pass by the plant every day. I unfortunately didn't get a photograph, but it was impressive. There was also a lot of rice hull and straw on the group - a very familiar sight.