Idiots: Locals offer their cars to dignitaries as Cook Islands gears up for summit

It helps that the island is shaped a little like a squashed baked bean, with the only major road a ring that runs all the way around the coast.

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The scooter-straddling tourist who happens to miss their stop can just keep going on the circuit and, half an hour later, find themselves back at the same spot again.

But with the Cook Islands about to host a Pacific-wide summit of world leaders - including an appearance by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton - the tiny nation of barely 12,000 people is gearing up for a challenge never faced before: traffic.

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Idiots: Locals offer their cars to dignitaries as Cook Islands gears up for summit

Idiots: Locals offer their cars to dignitaries as Cook Islands gears up for summit

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