Carmen Roberts, 45, is a travel writer and TV presenter. As one of the hosts of the BBC’s “The Travel Show,” she has won awards for her work and filmed in more than 70 countries. She currently lives in Tokyo, a base that helps her explore all that Japan has to offer.
1. What is your earliest travel memory? It’s probably traveling on a plane from Singapore to Australia. My Dad was a smoker and they still had smoking on planes, it was horrendous!
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