Alyeska 2008: Municipal Cemetery

While in Punta Arenas, we visited the municipal cemetery, final resting place to a worldwide assortment of people. There are the remains of the wealthy founders of the city alongside the explorers and adventurers of long ago, as well as the tomb of an unknown Indian. I absolutely love to visit old cemeteries and photograph the collage of markers, monuments, and remembrances. It is said that you can tell a lot about a culture by how they treat their dead, and in this cemetery, you can see that they truly honor the lives represented here. Even the most insignificant plots were tended with loving care, many with gardens planted atop the plots.