Moonbow towns like Monteverde and Santa Elena. These occur when clouds of mist are blown in from the Caribbean by the Christmas Winds. The Christmas Winds happen from the end of December through late January or early February. These clouds of mists create a streaming pattern of stripes giving rise to their popular name in Spanish of Pelo de Gato or Cat's Hair. Moonbows happen in this part of Costa Rica almost every full moon in the months of December through February. The bows that are caused by Pelo de Gato are not limited to just before dawn but can happen
Ai Pelo Prison Ai Pelo Prison Ai Pelo Prison or Aipelo Prison (, ) is an historic late nineteenth-century Portuguese colonial prison in the "suco", East Timor, adjacent to the Savu Sea. It was deactivated in 1939 and is now a ruin. The expression "Ai Pelo" is apparently derived from the local Tocodede language word "epelo", which means "bitter water" and was used by the inhabitants of a nearby village to refer to the prison. According to a museum label panel now located at the prison, the description "bitter water" was a clear allusion to the mistreatments inflicted there. Construction of Ai Pelo