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Excess Baggage: Transoceanic Rowing - Tango

Transoceanic Rowing - Tango

29/10/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Excess Baggage, Transoceanic Rowing - Tango

John McCarthy looks at transoceanic rowing and the tango in Buenos Aires.

John McCarthy looks at transoceanic rowing with Roz Savage and the tango in Buenos Aires with dance aficionados Kapka Kassabova, Sarah Kennedy and Sally Blake.

John McCarthy hears about the transoceanic rowing experiences of Roz Savage who has just completed a crossing from Australia to Mauritius making her the first woman to row solo across the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. John also goes cheek to cheek with the tango as he finds out why the dance draws people to its roots in Argentina. He talks to travel writer Kapka Kassabova about its history and hold over her, Sarah Kennedy who went on a tango holiday and Sally Blake who has written a tango guide to Buenos Aires.

Producer: Harry Parker.

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