Why are we asking this now? Because the annual Rio de Janeiro carnival – Carnaval, as it known locally – begins today, a dazzling, extravagantly over-the-top celebration of life that draws millions of people on to the streets of the Brazilian city.
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The last 12 years have been spent hopping on and off of planes, trains and donkeys in the name of work.
After graduating with a degree in English and Publishing, I worked as a reporter for a commercial radio station in Oxford. Finally giving into itchy feet I travelled for a few years, freelance writing before joining the Independent on Sunday. After four years on staff, formerly as the Deputy Travel Editor and latterly as Travel Editor, I went back out into the world of freelancing. I’m now writing for a number of national broadsheets including the Independent and Independent on Sunday, the Telegraph, Guardian and specialist travel magazines such as ABTA Magazine and I edit the travel pages for SHE magazine. You can hear me here and there on BBC Radio (MacAulay & Co).
I’m currently based between London and New York.
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