I recently came across a rock ballad with a very catchy and beautiful melody about COSTA RICA sung by Jakob Dylan, son of the famous rock star-poet, Bob Dylan. Entitled Costa Rica, the song reminds me a bit of the famous Margaritaville sung by Jimmy Buffet, but it is much softer and dreamier in tone and style. The song is about a young couple’s romantic escape and love affair in Costa Rica. When it’s time for them to return home, the couple discover that it is very difficult to leave as they have fallen under Costa Rica’s magical tropical spell, and they realize that there is really nothing for them to return home to - “We may or may not never return”.

The song is accompanied by a wonderful video which depicts some of the remarkable natural beauty and wildlife that Costa Rica has to offer as well as some of the popular activities and tours for the adventurous tourist - Zipline Canopy tours, mountain biking, hiking, sea kayaking and whitewater rafting and the like. In my opinion, the video (accompanied by the Jacob Dylan song) is a very powerful marketing vehicle for tourism to Costa Rica, which in recent years has become one of the most popular playgrounds and vacation hot spots of many Hollywood celebrities and stars.
PURA VIDA!