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Christopher P. Baker (born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, on 15 June 1955) is a professional travel writer and photographer, adventure motorcyclist, tour leader, and Cuba expert, and the 2008 Lowell Thomas Award 'Travel Journalist of the Year.' He is a contributor to magazines and other publications worldwide, and is the author of travel guidebooks for publishers such as Dorling Kindersley, Lonely Planet, Moon Publications, and National Geographic. He is best known for his award-winning literary travelog, ''Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba''.〔 Baker has appeared on dozens of radio and TV outlets as a Cuba expert, including on CCTV,〔 CNN,〔 Fox News Channel, NBC, NPR, and ''Travel with Rick Steves,''. He is a public speaker and has twice addressed National Geographic ''Live!'' He is currently partnered with actor-singer David Soul in producing a cinematic documentary〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cuban Soul restores Hemmingway's car - Ernest Hemingway - Features and articles - Cuba Absolutely )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cuban Soul )〕 about the restoration of Ernest Hemingway's 1955 Chrysler New Yorker convertible, in Havana. He is also well-known as an adventure moto-journalist specializing in travel reports on international motorcycling for such publications as ''Adventure Motorcyclist,''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2013_09_Sep_ADVMoto )〕 ''CNN Travel,'' ''Motorcyclist,'' ''National Geographic Traveler,''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 10 Motorcycle Rides in the U.S. -- National Geographic )〕 and ''Robb Report.'' ==Education== Baker was educated at Rastrick Grammar School, in Brighouse, Calderdale, Yorkshire. In 1976 he received a BA (Honours) in Geography from University College London, during which time he participated in a university exchange program at Krakow, Poland; and in two Sahara research expeditions. The following year he attended the graduate Centre for Latin American Studies, at the University of Liverpool, where he received a Masters following his thesis on agrarian reform and guerrilla insurrection in Colombia. In 1977, he returned to the University of London, received a teaching diploma from the Institute of Education in 1978, and spent brief periods teaching at schools in London between periods of travel in Europe and North America. His first travel article appeared in the ''Brighouse Echo'' as dispatches from the United States. He also published articles on agrarian reform for ''Land&Liberty'', the publication of the Henry George Foundation of Great Britain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Paul Baker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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