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Switters thread on the visit of your Pres. made me laugh when I heard that the SS had asked for 5 SUV's to ferry Hillary around at the Pacific Islands Conference. 
Supposedly every vehicle in the Cook Islands had already been pressed into use, but anyhow the locals had a completely different idea.
"With their arrival Tuesday heralded by traditional drummers and blaring conch shells, the leaders, including Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, were borne to the summit venue in the capital Avarua by local warriors.Gillard, wearing garlands of flowers around her neck, waved to cheering locals before a spear-carrying chieftain in a headdress decorated with shells and feathers performed a customary welcoming ceremony"
