cuba travel expert Cuba expert Christopher P Baker is available for speaking engagements, media interviews, story assignments & as a tour escort. Author of six books about Cuba, Baker has visited Cuba more than 40 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 such prestigious organizations as National Geographic. 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.

Tour escort & cruise lecturer T Christopher is available as a freelance tour escort, tour leader, or resident expert for tour and cruise companies, with a prime focus on culture, nature and education. He is considered the world’s most qualified and experienced tour escort to Cuba and Costa Rica. History In 1981 he led his first group tour (a travel agent familiarization trip to New Zealand) on behalf of Adventure Center, a wholesaler of adventure trips worldwide. For seven years Christopher was president of British Pride Tours, which he founded, specializing in deluxe garden and stately home tours, which he led. He also founded Kim Mason’s Shopping Tours with his then-girlfriend, former fashion model Kim Mason, with whom he escorted upscale shopping tours to Hong Kong and Korea. Baker has since gained wide experience escorting tours for the world’s leading tour companies, and has broad experience as a guest lecturer aboard cruise ships. Currently Christopher is currently a Resident Expert for National Geographic Expeditions & Lindblad Expeditions, on whose behalf he teaches photography skills and lectures on annual cruise-tours of Costa Rica and Panama. Chris is also the principal tour leader / resident expert for National Geographic Expeditions’ 10-day “Cuba: Discover its Culture & People” programs. In 2011, he will lead his first photo workshop to Cuba for the prestigious Santa Fe Workshops. He has also been invited to escort tours to Costa Rica as a ‘Smithsonian Study Leader’ on behalf of Smithsonian Journeys, and to Cuba on behalf of Travcoa (pending approval of a license application). In November 2012, Christopher will begin escorting group motorcycle tours in Cuba for MotoDiscovery, which has been licensed by the U.S. Treasury Dept. to offer people-to-people educational exchange programs in Cuba. “Chris, In the rush of getting off the plane and heading for our next one we didn't have the proper opportunity to thank you for making our Cuba trip the wonderful one it was. Happy and I have done a fair amount of traveling with many folks including National Geographic, but we have rarely had such a memorable event from start to finish and all you did created that. Your obvious enthusiasm for your subject rubbed off on us. The opportunities to interact with you (particularly at dinner on your night off) added so much. On reflection now that we are home the trip seems even better. We have already talked to so many friends who are interested in Cuba and have told them there is only one way to go National Geo and they must go when Chris Baker joins them. Honestly Chris you are one of the very best if not the best tour leader we have encountered over the years and we have had some great ones.” Happy and Jack Wallace Participants: “Cuba: Discover its Culture & People” Cruise companies For three seasons, Christopher was a port-of-call lecturer for Cunard, specializing in the Caribbean and South America. He has also lectured frequently about Cuba, the Caribbean, and South America aboard the ships of Holland America cruise lines, and in 2011 was invited to lecture for Celebrity Cruises. In addition to being able to lecture authoritatively about such destinations as Cuba, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Puerto Rico, Christopher offers travel photography and travel writing skills for cruise companies. He has made more than a dozen passages through the Panama Canal, about which he has written widely. He is currently preparing a “Panama Canal” travel app, to be published by Sutro Media. He is lauded for his entertaining educational PowerPoint presentations, and for his huge breadth of knowledge, and amenable personality.