Cuba & Costa Rica Blog
About this blog
Written by Cuba and Costa Rica expert Christopher P. Baker, this blog will update readers on life in these two diverse and exciting countries.
Recent Posts
- Last blog post on Costa Rica and Cuba
- First-ever group motorcycle tours of Cuba successful
- Cuba’s Mariel port readying for Panama Canal expansion
- Musings on wildlife encounters on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula
- Cuba’s Steam Trains puffing their last gasp
- My top five thrilling activities in Costa Rica
- Cuba’s fun February festivals include Harleys, Books, Cigars
- Five top volcano viewing experiences in Costa Rica
- New road along Costa Rica / Nicaraguan border mired
- Cuba’s Hotel Campoamor at Cojímar to be restored?
- Cuban revolutionary Celia Sánchez honored in new book
- Christmas challenge for Costa Rica’s sexually abused girls
- Costa Rica opens Chinatown in downtown San José
- David Soul films Hemingway’s car restoration in Cuba
- National Geographic Expeditions receives license for Cuba tours

View Christopher P Baker's TV interviews about Cuba and Costa Rica
I can't believe it's taken me a year or two to upload some of my recent TV interviews about Cuba and Costa Rica. But here they are... fresh for your viewing pleasure.
I love doing TV interviews, and especially so with Fanny Kiefer, of Shaw TV's Studio4. She and I have a great rapport (that isn't always the case between interviewer and interviewee), and her program gives me more than the usual five-minute slot, thankfully free of inane questions!
Here I discuss all the great things to do and see in Costa Rica...
Christopher P. Baker interviews about Costa Rica on Studio4 TV, part 1
Christopher P. Baker interviews about Costa Rica on Studio4 TV, part 2
Christopher P. Baker interviews about Costa Rica on Studio4 TV, part 3
And Fanny and I leave no stone unturned ref. Cuba, discussing everything from Fidel, Hemingway, Cuban cigars, and the nation's irrepressible sensuality...
Christopher P. Baker interviews about Cuba on Studio4 TV, part 1
Christopher P. Baker interviews about Cuba on Studio4 TV, part 2
Christopher P. Baker interviews about Cuba on Studio4 TV, part 3
Christopher P. Baker interviews about Cuba on Studio4 TV, part 4
Here's an oldie but goodie of an interview about Cuba with Andres Pruna for LatinEyesTV.
And, last but not least, here I am slouching in my chair during an interview with host Patrick Evana for my local TV station, CBS2 TV
Did someone just say "Next up... Letterman!"?
Enjoy!
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