Timor Leste: Ai Pelo Prison Ruins
Ai Pelo Prison is around 40km west from the capital along the shore, these are the ruins of the old Portuguese prison from the late 19th century. The prison functioned during the colonial times, housing both criminals and anti-colonialism rebels, often is squalid conditions. During WWII, Japanese invaded and used it as. Command post, it was the subject of repeated Australian and US bombing. The prison stayed abandoned for many years before being turned into a museum.
