Sint Maarten
Spent pretty much the whole day (heck the whole weekend) on the beach watching airplanes or watching football. Uhhh hooray for American culture being pervasive? Also did the ~3km each way walk from Maho Beach over to the French-Dutch border, which really wasn't much-- some signs and a French flag, not even a Dutch one.
A constant stream of airplanes taking off and landing from 11am to 4:00pm or so, watching and taking pictures from the nearby Sunset Beach Bar or from the beach itself. The hardest photos were definitely the belly shots-- a 15mm wide angle was enough for little turboprops and even private jets, but wasn't enough for the Airbus A319's and Boeing 737-700's that American Airlines and United use extensively at SXM. Even slightly bigger jets like Jetblue's A320's and A321's were too big, need to pack an even wider lens next time!
Obviously the highlight was the twice-daily Airbus A330-200 widebodies, one from Air France and one from KLM. Amazing that they can get such big airplanes down on a 7,500 foot runway all the way from continental Europe. And like any idiot, I did try to stand on the beach behind a United 737-700 as it was taking off. Suffice it to say that is not recommended... and if the smallest 737-700 is that powerful, I don't want to imagine an A321neo or Boeing 757-200, let alone an A330! o_0
The final, most spectacular take-off, was the sunset departure of KLM flight 730, an Airbus A330-200 (PH-AOA). Timed perfectly for sunset; truly a fitting end to the day. Even more so than the big lobster dinner at Sunset Beach Bar afterwards!