Lure of the Caribbean and the Bahamas

I am obviously not inspired to write at all. Never mind that we have travelled at the meantime and have done quite a few things noteworthy, where useful information can and should be posted (in keeping up with this blog's theme and purpose).

The only reason I'm at this is the song I have been reintroduced to by....surprise, surprise, my son. Kokomo by the beach boys:

has recaptured the essence of being where I am for the moment and I'm not talking about Nicaragua but my proximity to the Caribbean and the Bahamas.... those small, beautiful islands with soft, white sand and clear blue water. I'm thinking cruise (the ship not the actor, please)....again. The hopeless romantic in me makes me want to play the song over and over until my ears (or my neighbors') ache.

Imagine this:

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key largo, Montego baby why dont we go
Jamaica

Off the Florida Keys
Theres a place called Kokomo
Thats where you wanna go to get away from it all

Bodies in the sand
Tropical drink melting in your hand
Well be falling in love
To the rhythm of a steel drum band
Down in Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key largo, Montego baby why dont we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
Well get there fast
And then well take it slow
Thats where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

To martinique, that monserrat mystique

Well put out to sea
And well perfect our chemistry
By and by well defy a little bit of gravity

Afternoon delight
Cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look in your eye
Give me a tropical contact high
Way down in Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key largo, Montego baby why dont we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
Well get there fast
And then well take it slow
Thats where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

Port au prince I wanna catch a glimpse

Everybody knows
A little place like Kokomo
Now if you wanna go
And get away from it all
Go down to Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key largo, Montego baby why dont we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo
Well get there fast
And then well take it slow
Thats where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo

Aruba, Jamaica ooo I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama
Key largo, Montego baby why dont we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to Kokomo

The rhythm, as bouyant as floating on salt water....and I'm just a plane ride away!

There's got to be a reason why I'm here.