This is the Old Town Cemetery in Key West. They made allowances for all of this by building little crypts on the surface of the ground like they did in New Orleans. Having a gravedigger with a shovel is normal elsewhere, but in this situation you end up with a very frustrated person with a bent up shovel.
The other thing to keep in mind is that they don't really have a lot of real estate there. This place is literally crammed solid with crypts and graves. I'm not one for claustrophobia, but walking past the place I found myself looking for open spaces. This was the most open view I could find, the rest of it was literally packed like sardines with old tombstones from the 1800s and beyond.
Probably an appropriate place for me to end my travelogue, in a cemetery. I've finished with the pictures of the island, and have only a few more on the trip back.
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