DJ - Hello and Welcome to a trip Around The World, by car, that is. We're glad that you joined us here and we would like to share a few comments with you before we depart. My name is Don Jones and as a business man, I have traveled a few hundred times across America by airplane. I can cross the country by landmarks from an airplane without a map, but I have never traveled by land from New York to San Francisco. So I look forward to seeing my country as part of the beginning of this journey around the globe. Likewise, I have traveled on other continents by air, but rarely on the ground. So this trip to see the interior of China, Tibet, India, Pakistan and Iran by auto will be a privilege. Also, to retrace what happened 90 years ago, the journey of the automobilist explorers will be an inspiration, traveling by auto from New York to Paris, the distance of 18,000 miles across 13 countries. To go over the horizon on the surface of the earth is to be able to still dream as an adult and have a childlike wonderment of all the possibilities and potential of people around the world that you see as you drive literally around the world. My co-driver is Carl Schneider. He lives in California. He has been a classic and old car enthusiast all his life. Carl's age is 66 and he competes in auto rally competitions around the world. He has joined with me in planning the ultimate Around The World travel experience that begins in New York this coming week and ends in October in Paris. A lifelong auto entrepreneur, Carl Schneider directs auto dealerships in Eureka, California; Ames, Iowa; LaCrosse, Wisconsin and Pensacola, Florida. Carl and his wife Marcell have an extraordinary fine family of six children. Carl has been busy this year driving a lot. He's competed in Ireland, Italy, France, the Swiss Alps and the London to Monte Carlo rally, along with auto rallys in California. Carl has expressed the opinion that it will be a privilege to be a guest visitor to the interior of China, Tibet, India, Pakistan, Iran. And to see the countryside and meet the people is one of the joys in his life. Those are some of our feelings at the onset of this epic travel. We will be one of twelve teams from North America (US, Canada and Bermuda). All the other teams are from Europe and Asia. It will be interesting to watch this trip unfold and for you to come along with us by means of this extraordinary technology. I look forward to sharing future updates with you. So long for now.