How do you deduce it was on an island? Charley. Anyway I can't find anywhere called Santan on the net that fills the bill. Santan, Arizona obviously is out. Santan, Indonesia? is that on the coast?. However the references to Spanish language, patois, taki-taki and rastas don't seem very relevent in that part of the world. I would imagine it to be somewhere in Latin-America or the Caribbean. Perhaps it's an abberviated or slang version of some place, that's if it exists at all, of course. Sounds like 'twould be a great place for a sing-song though.