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    Flying Above the Jungle: Yelapa Trip Report

    After three days of holiday travel snafoos, we arrived in Yelapa. Sati and I were in love with this town from the first moment.

    On our second day, we wanted to fly. In the morning, we walked a minute or two down the main cobblestone path to Alan’s house. He is one of three local pilots who gives tandem paragliding rides and he also offers visiting pilots site intros and a meeting spot for rides. Ten of us piled into a little Toyota pickup and headed up to Tapa, the top launch. We wound our way up a bumpy dirt road under a lush canopy and out onto the ridge high above the beach.

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