cuba travel expert... Cuba expert Christopher P Baker is available for speaking engagements, media interviews, story assignments & tour escort. Author of six books about Cuba, Baker has visited Cuba more than 35 times and has met Fidel Castro. He has been privileged to address the National Press Club, National Geographic Society (televised “Live from National Geographic”), and World Affairs Council. He has appeared on ABC, CBS, Fox TV, NBC, NPR, & dozens of other radio & TV outlets, and serves as a travel consultant and tour escort for numerous prestigious organizations. Read my Cuba blog Listen to my NPR radio interview See my Fox TV interview Disclaimer: The views of Fox News  are not those of Christopher P Baker. This interview was filmed in 2002 and information herein may have changed. Book me! 760 327 9879 or e-mail “Thank you for your wonderful, lively, informative, fun and well organized presentation.” Kate Simpson, Academic Travel Abroad, Inc.

costa rica travel expert... Costa Rica expert Christopher P Baker is available for speaking engagements, media interviews, story assignments & tours. Baker has visited Costa Rica every year since 1989 and has authored five guidebooks about Costa Rica, plus the ‘Costa Rica Pura Vida’ travel app. He has given dozens of talks nationwide, acts as a tour escort for National Geographic Expeditions and Smithsonian Journeys, and has been interviewed about Costa Rica on more than a score of leading radio and TV shows. Read my Costa Rica blog See my TV show Don't need a whole book? Buy a Moon Spotlight or buy an eBook for Kindle, Nook, or SonyReader.

Cuba classics a celebration of vintage american automobiles 190 pages Interlink Publishing, 2006 ONLY $29.95 plus postage Order your autographed copy today! In this hardback coffee-table book of compelling images, Christopher P. Baker pays homage to Cuba’s astonishing wealth of antique cars, revealing the time-worn splendor of classic American automobiles spanning eight decades. From Model-T Fords and ‘40s-era Buick Roadmasters to late ‘50s Edsel Citations and Chevrolet Impalas with fins sharp enough to draw blood, Cuba Classics evokes the nostalgia and seductive world of Cuba’s car culture. Blurry actions shots of moving cars. Close-up details of hood ornamentation, grillwork, and dashboards. And lavish landscapes that place the beloved cacharros within a setting both sensual and surreal. All these images are complemented by extensive captions that, together, illustrate the subject magnificently. Written in the lively, engaging style that has won the author numerous literary awards, the evocative text also proves both absorbing and richly entertaining. Baker draws upon memoirs, museum records, personal interviews, and Cuba’s own dusty archives to celebrate the four-wheel survivors of a bygone age and the passion of their owners. Tracing the evolution of motor madness in decadent pre-revolutionary Cuba, Cuba Classics surveys the tough realities of caring for vintage cars in the modern age of embargo and shortages. These challenges have produced exceptional skill and inventiveness among the owners and mechanics who somehow keep a legion of gas-guzzling leviathans on the road. In a dynamic photojournalistic essay that traces the long love affair between Cubans and the U.S. automobiles, the author offers a paean to the extraordinary people who keep their weary cacharros running with resourcefulness, ingenuity and indefatigable good humor. Cuba Classics captivates everyone from armchair travelers to classic car connoisseurs with powerful imagery that reflects the beguiling other-worldly charm of Cuba, the Caribbean’s most compelling and intriguing isle. © Christopher P. Baker. All rights reserved.   “This is the most beautiful, most sympathetic photo book about Cuba I have seen for years. It’s terrific!” Martin Cruz Smith, author of Gorky Park and Havana Bay

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