We had an overnight flight from Houston to Bueno Aires. When we got to Bueno Aires, it was around Noon of Jan 31 and there is a 3 hours time zone difference from Houston. The transfer from airport to Emerald Princess was smooth and we got on to the ship around 1PM. It was just in time for a nice lunch in the Horizon Court.
We were pretty familiar with Emerald Princess, therefore, we did not have to tour the ship for finding out places. We just rest a little bit to prepare for our private Milonga Tour tonight. A few years ago, we did the Tango dinner show during a SA land tour and this time we just want to experience local Tango parties personally. We pre-booked this private tour with tangotrip.com online.
They assigned Lucia as our tour guide who picked us up at cruise terminal and took us to 2 different milongas (tango dance venues). The 2 different milongas are "Club de Tango Gricel" for older patrons and "Malta Milonga" for younger patrons.
The first milonga is just like any other dance hall with a lot of people and with less skillful dancers. The second milonga has more skillful dancers and a lot more actions. Lucia is an part-time tour guide with daytime professional as lawyer who loves Tango dance. She speaks fluent English and did a lot of explanations of Argentina Tango. After her explanation, then we realized that there are different types of Tango dances with 4 beats (traditional Argentina Tango with sad mode) and 3 beats (milonga Tango, faster moves and happier mode). Different milongas are organized by different sponsors and may hold in difference venues. As a Tango dancer in Bueno Aires, you just have to know where and when.
A side note, we did ask her about where to buy Argentina Tango shoes and then we find out Argentina Tango shoes they referring to are just like our Latin dance shoes.
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