Around the Tango Web

I wanted to give some love to a few fabulous tango blogs I've recently uncovered thanks to other well-informed tango bloggers out there. Give them a read when you get the chance, there's beautifully written content out there.

Gonzalo David Orihuela - http://gonzaloorihuela.blogspot.com/
La Milonga Del 126 (Honolulu/Buenos Aires): http://lamilongadel126.blogspot.com/
TangoBora's All About Tango: http://tangobora.wordpress.com/
Beating Tolstoy, mostly a blog about proactivity, with some tango thrown in - wonderful stuff: http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/
Christina and Ladybug of TangoDurians: http://tangodurians.blogspot.com/

There are probably a few more, but I've lost track of which blog I added to the blogroll when, so those are the most recent ones.

Enjoy!

Comments

La Milonga Del 126 said…

Hola Mari,
Muchas Gracias for shinning the spotlight on LaMilongaDel126. I am already receiving bus loads of new traffic.
Saludos,
Patricio

August 10, 2010 at 5:11 PM

Relja Dereta said…

Thank you so much for the link! And shame on me for taking so much time to thank you! :)

September 18, 2010 at 3:04 AM

Gonzalo Orihuela said…

I think I never thanked you for the post in which you mention my blog. I'm not very familiar with bloging and I'm trying to learn. I think I'm finally finding my way :) Thanks for the early support.

In case you are interested in seeing a short tango movie we just made here you have Pixilation 2. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6X-bYytOuk

Gonzalo

March 12, 2011 at 3:03 PM

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