On the trip back to their hotel, the coach driver unplugged the navigation system and, with the help of a passenger and an atlas, made it back to Ostend.

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Traffic congestion from the airports to the capital is notoriously bad and several drivers have actually lost their way. (One team had to use an iPhone to guide the driver to its hotel).

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When we arrived at the hotel where I was staying the driver again completed the order with my drop-off time and took my credit card using the tablet.

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There are no cars allowed on beach so they looked after my luggage as the driver and I took off to look for the hotel on foot.

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When the pair flew to New York for the "Catholic Tastes" opening, she said Kelley made their driver stop four times between the airport and the hotel, ostensibly so he could use the restroom.

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They flagged down a flat-bed rickshaw driver, who pedaled them and their gear to the Beijing Hotel.

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