Train cemetery

Uyuni, Bolivia, March 2015

No, not Ankor Wat

Cemetery (used up to the 1980s), next to the ruins of the Jesuit mission of Santa Ana, Missions, Argentina, March 2015.

Dead China hands: the Jesuit past

 

China's Grave Memories and it's Jesuit past.  

The oldest Christian cemetery in China. The Zhalan Cemetery lies in a quiet and secluded area shaded in the green foliage of cypresses and pines and the majestic beauty of yellow poplars. The cemetery includes the tombstones of Matteo Ricci, German John Adam Schall Von Bell (1591-1666), Belgian Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) and 60 other prominent clergy: 46 foreign missionaries and 14 Chinese priests, all worked in China during the Late Ming and Qing dynasties. 

Beijing, July 2014.

Confucius Forest: Burial site since 70 something generations

Qufu, Shandong, April 2014.

Big brother is following you

Entering Confucius cemetery in Qufu.

April, 2014.

Eternal voyeurism

Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio with whom Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was married 274 days had purchased two crypts in Westwood Cemetery, and while divorcing in 1954 sold one crypt to Richard Poncher. The crypt Poncher bought was located directly above that which would eventually hold the remains of Marilyn Monroe. Nearing death in 1986, Poncher (aged 81) told his wife "... if you don't put me upside down over Marilyn, I'll haunt you the rest of your life." Shortly before he was interred, his wife instructed the funeral director to place him upside down in his casket, which he did.

Mrs. Poncher decided to sell the crypt in 2009 and reached $4.5 million on an Ebay auction. Seems Richard Poncher is still resting facing Marilyn in February 2014. May both R.I.P. and may Hugh Hefner who bought the crypt next to Marilyn enjoy eternal voyeurism once he steps in.  

Westwood Village Cemetery, Los Angeles, February 2014.

Jack Lemmon's famous last role

Jack Lemmon 

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Westwood Village Cemetery, Los Angeles, February 2014.

Stupid wars

Cemetries teach how insane wars are and 
how much it is needed to prevent them.

Berlin, October 2012.

It's always good to have goals

Tombstone in Berlin with two free sites...

October 2012.

Crosses and Construction

American Cemetery, Manila, April 2012.

Tomb pyramid

Japan, October 2011.

Het is volbracht

Old Dutch cemetery (Tanah Abang), Jakarta 2010.