Ever wanted to travel to all the locations in the Beach Boys' song: Kokomo?We listed out affordable and premium stays at each one.In 1988, "Kokomo" was released and appeared in the movie "Cocktail" - a lot has changed in the world since then.
"Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take ya"
Oranjestad, Aruba
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
"Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama"
Hamilton, Bermuda
Nassau, The Bahamas
"Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go"
Key Largo, USA
Montego Bay, Jamaica
"Off the Florida Keys, There's a place called Kokomo"
Kokomo
There is no "Kokomo" off the Florida Keys.
It's not real.
"That's where you wanna go, to get away from it all -- Bodies in the sand, tropical drink melting in your hand -- We'll be falling in love to the rhythm of a steel drum band -- Down in Kokomo"
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"Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to -- Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama -- Key Largo, Montego Baby why don't we go -- Ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo -- We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow, that's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo"
"Martinique, that Montserrat mystique"
Fort-de-France, Martinique
Plymouth, Montserrat
What happened to Montserrat?
"We'll put out to sea, we'll perfect our chemistry -- By and by we'll 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"
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"Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to -- Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama -- Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go -- Ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo -- We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow -- That's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo"
"Port au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse"
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
What's happening in Haiti?
"Everybody knows a little place like Kokomo -- Now if you wanna go to get away from it all, go down to Kokomo"
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"Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to -- Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama -- Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go -- Ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo -- We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow -- That's where we wanna go, way down in Kokomo -- Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to -- Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama -- Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go -- Ooh I wanna take you down to..."
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Plymouth, Montserrat
Between 1995 and 1997, the volcano on Monserrat covered two-thirds of the island in volcanic ash, including the airport and capital city. It's not the vacation spot it once was.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Haiti remains in a long-standing political, security, and humanitarian crisis that has left all government branches inoperative, compounding overwhelming impunity for human rights abuses.
Kokomo
“Kokomo... originated with John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas,” Mike Love of the Beach Boys told KeysWeekly.com. “Phillips wrote the melody and the verse, and I wrote the chorus, and our friend Terry Melcher produced the record...