I love to travel the world, meeting people from all walks of life, listening to their unique yet familiar stories and taking every opportunity to experience and immerse myself in different cultures.

I am always fascinated, intrigued with a genuine appreciation on how one's world can be utterly different from the rest. Notice the warm smiles of the people living on stilts, along the warm waters of far flung islands, the focus and patience of the elderly potter in the Old Medina in Morocco. They are quite different but equally intriguing.

I get excited with the simplest things but I also have the admiration for people's creative masterpieces. A local French patisserie would make my day, as well as tasting a vintage port in Portugal. The adventures goes on and continues with a helicopter ride above Maui's grand canyon to the magical breeze in the Caribbean.

Finding myself in my walking shoes in the middle of Time Square, along the narrow streets in Venice and mending through the maze of the hawker food center in Singapore, they all seem crowded and busy, yet each place gives a different refreshing perspective.

I thought I was most awe-struck by the immense, gold-laden ancient architecture in St. Peter's Basilica, but my jaw dropped even more at the longest alien-like tree roots, swallowing ancient buildings and shrines in Cambodia.

Throughout my travels, however, I have come to realize that at the end of the day, the magical beauty of nature is by far the most stunning, while the warmth of the people most comforting. When I find both in one place, I feel I am in paradise.

Hence, Bella Villa was born, in the island paradise of Coron. I took with me some of the simplest but most memorable and unique things that I have seen and experienced from far and wide, hoping to influence the making of this one-of-a-kind private villa.

Welcome to Bella Villa, your vacation home, no matter what part of the world you traveled your from...

Cheers,
Emma