Author Christopher P. Baker
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Mi Moto FidelMotorcycling Through Castro's Cuba
In 1996, English travel writer Christopher Baker set out to
explore Cuba astride his 1,000cc BMW Paris-Dakar
motorcycle. In three months Baker logged 7,008 miles
(11,276 kilometers), wheeling from the streets of Havana to
old Caribbean colonial outposts and rugged mountain tracts.
The Cubans he met often struggled under material scarcity.
Belying their hardship, however, was an unbridled
sensuality. Passion infused the island, and Baker unbashedly
embraced it.
Baker reads an excerpt from his new book, Mi Moto
Fidel, recently published by National Geographic
Adventure Press.
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