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news source CUBA, FIDEL CASTRO Christopher P. Baker, the world’s foremost Cuba travel expert, is available for media interviews and public speaking engagements on Cuba and Fidel Castro. Baker He has visited Cuba more than 30 times, has traveled the island end to end four times, and has met Fidel Castro as well as leading members of the Cuban government. He has been privileged to address the National Press Club, National Geographic Society (“Live from National Geographic”), and World Affairs Council, and has appeared on ABC, Fox TV, NBC, NPR, and dozens of other radio and TV shows. Contact Baker at: 760-327-9879 or email www.cubatravelexpert.com

FEATURE ARTICLES

Although he has concentrated in recent years on authoring travel guidebooks, articles by Christopher  P. Baker continue to be featured in publications around the globe. Many of his feature articles are illustrated with his own award-winning photography.

His byline has appeared in more than 150 publications world- wide, including:


General magazines such as Elle, the National Times, Newsweek International, Robb Report, and World & I.

Travel magazines such as Caribbean Travel & Life, Country Inns, Eco-Traveler, Islands, and National Geographic Traveler.

Academic and nature magazines such as History Today, Geographical Magazine, National Parks, National Wildlife, and the California Academy of Sciences’ Pacific Disovery.

Leading U.S. and Canadian newspapers, from The Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Examiner to the New York Post, New York Daily News, the Miami Herald and the Boston Globe.

Airline in-flight magazines such as those of Air Jamaica, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, China Air, Delta Airlines, Gulf Air, Korean Airlines, Mexicana, Qantas Airways, SAS, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, USAirlines, Varig, and Virgin Atlantic.

Cultural and academic outlets such as BBC's World, The Discovery Channel's Discovery Magazine, the Organization of American States' Americas, the Royal Geographical Society's Geographical Magazine, and the California Academy of Sciences' Pacific Discovery.

Travel trade magazines such as Agency Management, Tour & Travel News, TravelAge, and Travel Weekly.

Foreign publications as diverse as England's Tatler, Germany's Motorrad, Reisen und Sport, and Hong Kong's South China Morning Post.

Recent Credits...

Robb Report
September, 2004
"Cuba Classics"

Caribbean Travel & Life
May, 2004
"Time Machines: Cuba's Classic American Cars Keep on Truckin'"

Skywritings
March-April 2004
"Cuba: An Automotive Jurassic Park"

National Geographic Traveler
March 2004
"Travelwise: The Best of Cuba"

History Today
April 2004
Bahamas photographs

San Francisco Examiner
February 18, 2001
"In Search of Margaritaville"

Saveur 
April, 2000
"Havana"

Islands
January 2000
"Jamaica"

Motorcylist Magazine
November, 1999
"Motorcyling Through Castro's Cuba"

BMW-ON Magazine 
May-June 1999
"Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba"

San Jose Magazine
June 1998
"Jamaica's Treasure Beach"

San Francisco Examiner 
February 15, 1998
"Jamaica's Quiet Side"

Westways 
February 1998
"Going Up Country: Jamaica's Central Highlands"