I recently had the opportunity to meet a very interesting french couple, Elsa and Ollivier, who were shopping for a trailer for their tandem.  I asked them a bit about where they were riding, and it turns out they have been on a fantastic trip for the last two years, riding around the world on their Mountain Tandem, sailing across oceans and travelling by horseback through Asia.

Their website is called Vents Nomades, which translates to “Wandering Winds”.  Elsa and Ollivier met as national park rangers in 2006, and within three years had decided to ride their bike around the world, leaving France in 2009.  Elsa is a Marine Biologist, and Ollivier a mountain guide, having led treks in Nepal, Mongolia among other places.  The purpose of their trip is to explore the connection between man and nature, and write reports about various conservation projects throughout the world.  Their goal is to travel around the world without emitting any CO2 (or as little as possible).