the dog in the pictures on the website is bam bam, not related to the dog on necker. they are very good about feeling guests out on dog friendliness, and standard procedure is to keep the dog downstairs during dinner. also, the dog sometimes accompanies guests on walks/hikes/etc.

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i did not make it to the festival, nor do anything especially interesting in verbier this trip.

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apparently a kenya property is in development

not virgin limited, but exclusive-use that is JV between branson and head of virgin blue >
http://www.makepeaceisland.com/Home.aspx