Another reason to visit Panama besides the Canal

If asked why you should go to Panama, the first thing most people think of is the Panama Canal. It is an engineering marvel, considered the 8th wonder of the world. Panama is in Central America joining North America at the top and South America at the bottom. It is a narrow strip of land with Costa Rica at its northern end and Colombia at it southern end. The Canal was excavated through one of the narrowest areas of the land thereby opening a waterway uniting the Pacific Ocean at the west side to the Atlantic Ocean at the east side providing a passage and shorter route for vessels and cargoes transiting the two oceans. Hence, Panama is often known as “The Bridge of the World.”

Remember your dates with the International candidates

As a postscript to yesterday’s post, here is the calendar of events of the upcoming Mister International 2015 pageant to be held in Manila from November 17-30, 2015. There’s a lot of exciting and interesting activities lined up for the candidates, so check the dates and whereabouts. Be prepared for your eagerly awaited ones so you can be there to witness and experience the moment when they happen. Scroll to the bottom of the list for ticket prices and reservations.

And now for news on the "International" front

Of course, by that we mean no other than Mister International 2015 pageant which is about to take place in Manila, Philippines this November. So this bit of information, from our point of reference, makes it actually news from the home front.

Mister Gay World 2015 finals moved from Cape Town to Knysna, South Africa

The Mister Gay World 2015 happening in South Africa April 26-May 3 suffered a setback after Cape Town authorities withdrew support of the pageant’s supposed grand finals at the Cape Town City Hall. In a press release, organizers of Mister Gay World announced that the City of Cape Town declined to host the finals or facilitate events to promote Cape Town to the expected 30 visiting international delegates.

The pageant which is on its 7^th edition this year was originally to be hosted jointly by the cities of Cape Town and Knysna in South Africa. Due to this turn of events, the organizers are now forced to move the grand finals of the contest to Knysna. Although some of the planned events will still go ahead in Cape Town such as the visit to parliament and the farewell & after party.

Coenie Kukkuk, Mister Gay World Director of Africa & Middle East and Managing Director of Mister Gay World 2015 remarked that Cape Town lost an opportunity to boosts its reputation as a welcoming and gay-friendly tourism destination. In most cases he said, like in Manila and Oslo, officials have handed the key to the city to the President of Mister Gay World. On the other hand, Eric Butler, President of the Mister Gay World speaking from Sydney, Australia expressed full support for the organizers and their decision to hold the grand finals in Knysna.