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
Travel industry leaders to discuss Cuba at the USA's largest travel trade convention
Travel agents, tour operators, and other travel industry professionals can learn about opportunities for travel to Cuba during this year's The Trade Show, the premier annual event of the US travel and tourism industry.
Sure, it's currently illegal for most U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba... but certain categories of travelers are allowed, and travel agents and tour operators can make arrangements.
I'll be presenting during the second annual Cuba destination seminar, titled "Cuba Breakthrough:
Opportunities for the US Travel Industry," on Sunday, September 13 (noon-1:30 p.m.), at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The other panelists/speakers reads are:
• Bob Whitley, President, US Tour Operators Association (moderator)
• Lisa Simon, President, National Tour Association more >>
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 more >>
Rare signed hardback copies of 'Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba' now available!
Many of my readers know that I researched the first edition of Moon Cuba astride my BMW R100 GS Paris-Dakar motorcycle. What an adventure! It resulted a few years later in publication of my literary travelog, Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba (National Geographic Adventure Press, 2001). The book was named the Lowell Thomas Award "Travel Book of the Year" and also won the Grand Award in the North American Travel Journalists' Association.
Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba has since been published in Dutch, German, and Turkish.
It is currently available as a paperback at bookstores in North America.
Seeking a hardback edition? No problem... I can supply signed hardback copies for the low price of ONLY $29.95 plus shipping! You get my signature for FREE! more >>
Join me for a FREE online webinar: Costa Rica & the Panama Canal
Join me and veteran Expedition Leader Gustavo Abarca for an insider’s view of "Costa Rica & the Panama Canal" on a free online webinar hosted by Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Expeditions, to be aired live on September 21, 2009. (I'll be posting in due course when the site link is live' and you are able to register.)
Experience the quest for wildlife aboard the company's expedition ship, the National Geographic Sea Lion, and see and hear how you will explore more with our state-of-the-art tools for exploration (undersea cameras, hydrophones, zodiacs, kayaks, and more). Plus, I'll be sharing photography tips and anecdotes about fascinating wildlife encounters and the transit of the legendary Panama Canal during the webinar.
Have questions? You can participate by sending your queries live. more >>
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