Motojournalist Christopher P Baker to lead 12-day motorcycle tour of Cuba this October, 2017

Motojournalist and Cuba expert Christopher P Baker will lead 12-day ‘Motorcycle Diaries’ tour of Cuba this October 22-November 2, 2017, using Harley-Davidson and Suzuki V-Strom motorcycles. The unique ‘people-to-people’ program...

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BREAKIN’ BONES IN BAJA: A salutary tale about IMG travel insurance

Baja California. It fired my imagination like a heat-haze hovering between hallucination and reality on the distant desert horizon. When my buddy JD Smith called inviting me to join him...

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Cuba expert asks “Is the Cuban romance on ice?” with Trump as president-elect

I’ve always admired my friend Larry Luxner‘s capability as a journalist to acutely synthesize and concisely express issues relating to Cuba. He and I are each Cuba experts in our...

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Gloria Estefan confused over Cuba travel & U.S. embargo

Cuban-born singer megastar Gloria Estefan has long been an outspoken critic of Cuba’s Castro government. The Miami Sound Machine singer, whose family fled the island after the Revolution (her father later served...

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Cuba expert Christopher P Baker to escort a private pilots’ self-fly tour to Cuba for Air Journey

What’s my next Cuba adventure? Sharing my knowledge as Cuba expert for an escorted private pilot’s tour to Havana with Air Journey, October 26-29, 2016. I also acted as Cuba...

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@cubaExpert Christopher P. Baker quoted in New York Times travel story on Cuba

It always brightens my day to see an email in my inbox announcing a newly published feature article with my byline or in which I’ve been quoted. So today it...

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Product review: Givi Trekker Outback cases are tops!

At the 2016 BMW Motorcycle Owners of America International Rally, in Buffalo, NY, last July it was time to shop for a full set of cases for my 1200GSA. My...

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Badass off-road adventure by BMW R1200GSA in Baja California with motojournalist Christopher P Baker… magazine story coming soon!

The last time I tried off-roading I busted three ribs and a foot. I’d negotiated a rock-strewn canyon and emerged above the rim of Searles Valley when I suddenly choked...

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@CubaExpert releases new video slideshow on Cuba Motorcycle Tours

Cuba expert, motojournalist and celebrity biker Christopher P. Baker–@CubaExpert–has released a new video slideshow explaining the motorcycle tours in Cuba that he designed and will lead in 2017 and 2018...

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I just returned from testing a Suzuki V-Strom 1000 in Cuba

I just returned from a week riding a Suzuki V-Strom 1000cc in Cuba. What a blast! August is normally no time to be riding around Cuba. Too hot! Too potentially wet...

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