Planes

Plane Spotting on Maho Beach

When I was young my friends and I used to have a spot near LaGuardia airport where we could be right underneath planes as they came in for a landing. It was a rush to see the huge metal birds, landing gear down, hurtle right over our heads. And it was a physical experience, too - the rumble and roar would shake you to the bone. I imagine being on Maho Beach, on the Dutch side the Caribbean island Sint Maarten, is like that but a hundred times more intense