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Moon Spotlight Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula is a 97-page compact guide covering Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula, including Highway 2 to Santa Cruz, Playas del Coco, Playa Flamingo, Tamarindo, Junquilal, Nosara, and Southern Nicoya. Author Christopher P. Baker offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation; and helpful maps guide travelers through the best of beachside Costa Rica.

This Spotlight guidebook is excerpted from Moon Costa Rica.

Christopher P. Baker was born and raised in Yorkshire, England. He received a BA in geography from University College, London, and masters degrees in Latin American studies from Liverpool University and in education from the Institute of Education, London University.

He began his writing career in 1978 as a contributing editor on Latin America for Land & Liberty, a London-based political journal. In 1980, he received a Scripps-Howard Foundation Scholarship in Journalism to attend the University of California, Berkeley.

Since 1983, Christopher, the 2008 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year, has made his living as a professional travel writer, photographer, lecturer, and tour guide. He specializes in Cuba and Costa Rica, about which he has written six books apiece, including Moon Cuba; his most recent coffee-table book, Enchanting Costa Rica; plus the Costa Rica Pura Vida! travel app. He has contributed to more than 150 publications worldwide, including CNN Travel, National Geographic Traveler, Robb Report, and The Los Angeles Times. He is a Getty Images and National Geographic contributing photographer.

Christopher has been profiled in USA Today, appears frequently on radio and television talk shows and as a guest-lecturer aboard cruise ships, and has spoken at the National Press Club, World Affairs Council, and on National Geographic Live. He is a National Geographic Resident Expert and leads tours of Costa Rica and Panama, plus Colombia and Cuba for National Geographic Expeditions, as well as group motorcycle tours of these destinations for MotoDiscovery and Motolombia.

Christopher promotes himself through his website: christopherpbaker.com.

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Moon Spotlight Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula

Moon Spotlight Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula

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