Dance the Night Away

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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/Travel/World/Buenos_aires_040325-1.html

B U E N O S A I R E S, Argentina, March 25 — A pair of tango dancers moves awkwardly across the floor, laughing as they try to avoid stepping on one another's toes. As tango classics waft out of the sound system and a disco ball casts its refracted light, the pair is like any other learning a new dance — except they're both men.

It's Wednesday night in Buenos Aires, and the country's only gay milonga is in full swing.

Goddess, a local gay club, began offering the milonga — a tango dance party — five months ago, around the time that organizers Roxana Gargano and Augusto Balizano began to notice an influx of gay tourists into Buenos Aires. It's the latest offering in a city that is fast becoming the hottest gay destination in South America.

Buenos Aires is in the midst of a tourism boom. The Argentine peso lost two-thirds of its value shortly after the country's 2001 economic collapse. Though bad for Argentines, that drop has been good for tourists, who are now flooding what was once the most expensive city in South America.

"Buenos Aires is New York or London at one-quarter of the price," said Ray de la Pena, who visited the city from Hawaii three times in 2003.

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