A Tale of Two Quakes, Part 1: Ecuador

This is the first in a two part series on tourism-based communities recovering from disaster, and the role of tourists in that recovery. The second segment, focusing on Nepal, will be published in September 2016.  A glimpse of Canoa’s 12½ mile long beach. (Photo Credit: Rob Rand) It started gently, just past sunset on a Saturday evening in Canoa, a touristy surf town in Ecuador.