Recommended read: The Last Soldiers of the Cold War
On December 17, 2014, as Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro simultaneously announced that the USA and Cuba would restore diplomatic relations, two small planes landed at Andrews Air Force...
Where will Fidel Castro be buried?
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Christopher P. Baker Talks Cuba’s Classic Cars
This morning before heading north for Big Sur from Morro Bay, I cut another interview with my pal Tom Wilmer for his NPR radio podcast, “Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer”....
Cuba’s iconic song ‘Guantanamera’ explained by Christopher P. Baker
I’m currently motorcycling from Palm Springs to Montana, so last night I stopped over in Morro Bay as guest of my close friend Tom Wilmer, host of NPR’s “Journeys of...
‘On Point with Tomi Lahren’ interview with Cuba expert Christopher P Baker
I’m not looking at my best, but I’m pleased with my interview about Cuba with conservative station One American News Network’s ‘On Point with Tomi Lahren,’ on July 9, 2015....
South Africa 2015 Indian Roadmaster test ride
I just returned from ten sublime days touring South Africa travel tourism while test-riding the 2015 Indian Roadmaster. What a bike! What a ride! What a country! Last summer Indian...
Rick Steves interviews Christopher P Baker about Cuba travel
Listen to my radio interview with Rick Steves regarding travel to Cuba. Christopher P. Baker, one of America’s top experts on travel to Cuba, reports on the reaction in the streets...
WATCH MY APPEARANCE ON WOLF BLITZER’S ‘THE SITUATION ROOM’ ON CNN
Since President Obama’s announcement this Wednesday of renewed diplomatic relations and new possibilities for travel to Cuba, the following 48 hours were a whirligig of media interviews for me. Entities from...
Cuban Soul–Meet three Cubans who personify the nation’s charismatic spirit
Hollywood depictions of post-revolutionary Cuba–streets lined with vintage 1950s American cars; walls plastered with revolutionary slogans; ox-drawn plows tilling tobacco fields; sizzling salsa-filled nights–only hint at the country’s larger-than-life persona....
Join me in Colombia for a special 12-day adventure motorcycle tour, Oct 7-18, 2015
Exciting news! In October 2015 I’ll lead a thrilling 12-day “Heart of Colombia” tour as Guest of Honor in the second of Motolombia’s ‘Motorcycle Legends’ tour series.In 2010 and 2011,...
