Aruba, the Caribbean
So it’s true that “Aruba is the place where you have your feet in the sand and a cocktail in your hand.”
By Victoria Aitken
Categories Aruba, Caribbean Islands, Destinations
Amman, Jordan
Victoria Aitken tackles street directions in one of the most fascinating, dangerous parts of the Middle East.
By Victoria Aitken
Categories Cultural, Destinations, Jordan
Goddess Gold – Miami, USA
The Shore Club, Miami, USA
This beautiful hotel sits right on South Beach’s Ocean and the art deco
lobby is huge with scattered candles everywhere. From the outside it
looks more New York than Miami (the hotel is one of Miami’s tallest
buildings) – but because of this the penthouse has amazing sea views and a pool
on the roof. [...]
By Victoria Aitken
Categories Goddess Gold, Miami, USA
Sailing in Turkey
Having just seen Pirates of the Caribbean III, Victoria Aitken decided to set sail in Turkey with fellow scallywags on a pirate boat.
Exhausted and about to die, and crying (not from exhaustion but from reading Whit Stillman’s touching film script Creation) I was fresh off the plane from New York. My destination? A Turkish gulet [...]
By Victoria Aitken
Categories Turkey
Chios – A Greek Island Secret
Victoria Aitken goes time-travelling in Chios and explores the history behind Homer (Greek, not Simpson.)
Chios is the fifth largest island in Greece and is situated in the eastern Agean sea, facing Turkey. I travelled and explored the southern part of the Island where the surrounding villages were built between the 14th and 16th century.
The [...]
By Victoria Aitken
Categories Chios, Greece
Bahrain for Beginners
Bahrain for Beginners
Victoria Aitken is invited to a wedding in Bahrain, where the locals wave at you in the streets – and mineral water can cost more than oil.
When the door to the plane opened to the dry heat and sunshine of Bahrain, I felt so grateful to be visiting, smallest state in [...]
By Victoria Aitken
Categories Bahrain, Middle East
Hamptons Beach Party
Victoria Aitken leaves New York to live it up in The Hamptons and wonders if it would make a good documentary…
My friend Robin Leacock, invited me to spend the weekend with her in The Hamptons. She is a documentary film maker and is married to Robert Leacock. The film credits include Madonna’s Truth or Dare, [...]
By Victoria Aitken
Categories New York, USA
Goddess Gold – Bodrum, Turkey
The EV Hotel in Bodrum, Turkey. For people who like simple food, and have simple taste and want to be left
alone this is it.
By Victoria Aitken
Categories Bodrum, Goddess Gold
