Quirky, quixotic and just a tad quaint, Benjamin Mack has been with GALO since 2011. Born in the U.S. and formerly a resident of Germany and Sweden, he now lives in New Zealand. He considers himself a breakfast cereal connoisseur.
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We were not alone in the temple. Slivers of golden light filtered through the latticed walls, highlighting that the air was choked with dust. While the powdery soot itself was surprising, given how popular Hoysaleswara...
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Night falls fast in the jungle. That factoid may seem simplistic enough, but it takes on a whole new meaning when one is actually in the jungle. And that’s exactly where my close friend Kesi -- a large man of Tamil...
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There’s a certain terrifying thrill when landing at Hamid Karzai International Airport on the outskirts of the Afghan capital of Kabul, even if it’s just for a stopover on the way to someplace else. Maybe it’s...
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It was a city of endless possibility. Between 1880 and 1910, the Big Apple experienced an unprecedented boom, its population expanding to nearly double thanks to a surge in immigrants from across the globe and...
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Imagine a secretive organization that controls both governments and terror groups with a series of false flag operations and mass manipulation of the truth. Add to that cocktail mix a spunky, genetically enhanced...
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When one thinks of Oktoberfest in the German city of Munich, three things typically come to mind: hordes of men in knee-length lederhosen (German for “leather breeches”), gaggles of women in low-cut, bust-bearing...
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Candy will forever be the first thing that comes to mind for young and old alike when they think of Halloween. The reasons are obvious to anyone with taste buds...
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Let’s begin by admitting this: any apparel tied-in with a film is almost always, as a rule, decidedly unstylish and better left off as a collector’s item showcased on a wall. Star Wars dresses? Lame, unless...
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North Korea. The very name of the Asian nation conjures up images of goose-stepping soldiers, mass starvation, and leader Kim Jong Un with his finger poised over the launch button for an arsenal of nuclear weapons....
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Saying that fashion has “flair” is one of the most tired clichés one can use. It’s staid, horribly overused, and rather than exciting, it is oftentimes dreary. In short, it’s a lazy descriptor used by equally...