Christopher P. Baker is acclaimed as one of North America's most multi-talented and successful travel writers and photographers, with a special focus on the Caribbean and Latin America. He is acknowledged as a regional expert on Cuba and is considered the world's foremost authority on travel and tourism related to Cuba, about which he has authored six books.
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Baker has visited Cuba more than 30 times, has traveled the island end to end
four times, and has personally met with Fidel Castro as well as leading
members of the Cuban government. He is personally acquainted with other key figures within Cuba, including artists, writers, tourism figures etc., as well as key industry figures outside Cuba. His understanding of Cuban history, politics, and U.S.-Cuba relations is profound, as is his ability to converse engagingly and with enthusiasm about everything Cuba related, from Castro's family life and lovers to cigars, Che Guevara, and classic American cars.
He is available for interviews and speaking engagements on Cuba and Fidel Castro.
To schedule an interview or speaking engagement: 760-327-9879 or email
Lecturing:
Baker
is an acclaimed public speaker and has been honored to speak about Cuba
to the National Press Club, World Affairs Council, and the National
Geographic Society (televised "Live from... National
Geographic"), among other prestigious organizations. He has been a
faculty member of Cunard Cruise Lines and Holland America Cruises, and
lectures about Cuba aboard cruise ships throughout the Caribbean and
further afield.
Radio & Television:
Baker appears
frequently on radio and television talk shows as a Cuba travel expert and has given live and
recorded interviews about Cuba for ABC, Fox TV's "Fox Magazine," the National
Geographic Channel, NBC, Shaw TV (Canada), as well as NPR Public Radio
and dozens of other nationally syndicated radio and television
programs.
Books & Magazines:
Baker – the Caribbean Tourism Organization's "Travel Writer of the Year 2005" – has written about Cuba for more than one hundred publications worldwide as far-ranging as Caribbean Travel & Life, National Geographic Traveler, The New York Post, Saveur, and The Robb Report. He is frequently quoted in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, and other leading newspapers and media outlets.
He is the author of:
Baker has also authored guidebooks about California, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico and elsewhere on behalf of such publishers as Avalon Travel Publishing, Dorling Kindersley, Frommer's, Lonely Planet, National Geographic Society, and Prentice Hall. He has also contributed chapters and photography to books on behalf of Time-Life, the Discovery Channel, etc.
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Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro’s Cuba
National Geographic Adventure Press, 2001
In
1996, English travel writer Christopher P. Baker set out to explore
Cuba astride his 1,000cc BMW Paris-Dakar motorcycle. In three months,
Baker logged more than 7,000 miles wheeling from the streets of Havana
to rugged mountain tracts and ancient colonial outposts. The Cubans he
met often struggled under material scarcity. Belying their hardship,
however, was an unbridled sensuality. Passion infused the island, and
Baker unabashedly embraced it.
"Travel Book of the Year" - Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards
"Grand Prize" - North American Travel Journalists Association Award of Excellence
"This
is a wonderful adventure book... a meditation on philosophy, politics,
and the possibilities of physical love. It has the depth of a novel and
the feeling of a great love story." - Judges, Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards
Hear the author read an excerpt from Mi Moto Fidel: 
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