You know what else was cool about Sint Maarten? Maho Beach – the beach nearest the airport. We never snorkeled there, but it had a really cool vibe. Everyone secretly wants to get blasted by the jet plane exhausts, and everyone took pictures of all the fools doing it!

But you take the picture of the plane coming in, and realize just how close you are to disaster! That guy flying the plane might have had a few Heineken’s too many! Sometimes it seems that they are barely 5 feet above the people on the beach.

You could see the planes out over the ocean, coming around in a loop, as they prepare to land. The restaurant erupts with, “Here he comes, Here he comes – It’s a big one! Must be American Airlines!”

There is a surfboard with expected arrival times written on it, so you can see who it should be. The waiters and waitresses are fun and funny. The food was limited, mostly burgers and fries, but the vibe was totally cool.

They had funny t-shirts there too – Hold on to your beer!

And the sunsets are pretty nice there too.