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Blogs by Arianna Meschia

Written by Arianna Meschia

I travel (a lot), I write (always), I take pictures (too many). Born and bred in Italy, London adopted me until I grew bored of the film production routine, bought a one-way ticket to Malawi and gave into my first and biggest passion: putting words together to tell stories, better if unheard. I’ve just come back from an East Africa bike trip churning 8,000km through six countries, and I’m about to continue into Europe, aboard a trusted BMW F650GS, before moving back to South Africa.

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