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brucini Profile

Brucini is from Melbourne, AU

About Brucini

Brucini started seriously travelling after attempting to move to Queenstown, New Zealand, in 1996. Inspired by drunkenly meeting a world of travelers on a Kiwi Experience bus, he changed his plans and roamed the world for a year. Returning to Australia but still with the travel bug, Brucini got a job as a travel agent so he could continue to travel cheaply. Another year of travel in 2000 included working as a tour guide throughout Europe for nine months. Back in Australia Brucini started work as a Sales Manager for a large tour company where he worked for seven years. Working as an Online Marketing Manager in the late 2000s developed Brucini's interest in blogging and he consequently wrote 50+ posts for Travel Generation during the site's early years. In 2012 Brucini finally moved permanently to Queenstown.

Recent Travel Stories

• Buying a Suit in Phuket,Thailand

  16 February 2012 -  Phuket is well and truly a destination for the shopping opportunist, as well as the beach-loving tourist.

• 5 Tips For Tourists Walking in New Zealand

  18 January 2012 - It was after 8pm when a curly haired American girl straggled into Iris Burn Hut on the Kepler track, a Great Walk, in Fiordland, New Zealand.

• A Bit of Up (and Down) in New Zealand's Backcountry

  7 June 2011 - “This way!” yelled Dan, and with that I followed him down the rough track off the side of a hill on our mountain bikes, dropping ...

Recent Bookmarks

• 10 of the best literary haunts in Barcelona | Travel | The Guardian

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jun/08/top-10-literary-haunts-barcelona - Discover where Picasso supped and where to find inspiration over coffee or cocktails, with Barcelona resident and writer Matthew Tree

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• Is THIS what your teenager is up to on their gap year? Graphic dispatch reveals the dangerous reality | Mail Online

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1315038/Is-THIS-teenager-gap-year-Graphic-dispatch-reveals-dangerous-reality.html - A trip to Thailand for British school leavers has now become something of a rite of passage. Unfortunately for their parents, its not quite the cultural experience they would like their children to be experiencing.

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• Bedbugs Crawl, They Bite, They Baffle Scientists - NYTimes.com

  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/31bedbug.html?_r=1&hp - Good article on the scourge of the backpacker now hitting NYC

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• The 101 Best Sandwiches in New York -- Grub Street New York

  http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2010/05/the_101_best_sandwiches_in_new.html?imw=Y&f=most-viewed-24h10#photo=101 - We celebrate all that is great about the endlessly evolving New York sandwich.

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• Knishery, Lower East Side, New York

  http://knishery.com/ - Welcome to Yonah Schimmels Knishes Online Store serving our World Famous Round, Gourmet Knishes, Blintzes and more!. All our products are Kosher, Vegetarian, Vegan and Delicious, many are 99% Fat Free or Low Fat and Low Calorie.

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• HopStop.com - Subway Directions and Bus Directions for New York City (NYC)

  http://www.hopstop.com/ - HopStop provides subway and bus directions for New York City (NYC) As well as Subway and Bus maps for Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island.

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• Budget Hotel in Manhattan: Chelsea Star cheap New York boutique lodging with hostels dormitory discount hotel theme rooms deals and packages near nyc empire state building

  http://www.starhotelny.com/ - Budget, Hotel, Manhattan, Chelsea, Star, cheap, New, York, boutique, lodging, hostels, dormitory, discount, hotel, theme, rooms, deals, packages, nyc, empire, state, building

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• The Dash Gallery, New York

  http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=172+Duane+Street,+New+York&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1WZPB_en-GB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=172+Duane+St,+New+York,+NY+10013,+USA&gl=au&ei=I1EXTI7wE9GgkQWc5_39Cg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ8gEwAA - 172 Duane Street, New York - Google Maps

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• New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals [7/25/2010] at StubHub!

  http://www.stubhub.com/new-york-yankees-tickets/yankees-vs-royals-7-25-2010-898513/ - Yankees - Royals Tickets - Buy and Sell New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals Tickets for July 25 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY at StubHub!

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• Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY Neighborhood Crime Map and Alerts

  http://spotcrime.com/ny/brooklyn/williamsburg - Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY Neighborhood Crime Map and Alerts. City and county crime maps showing crime incident data down to neighborhood crime activity - crime alerts and reports.

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Top Travel Generation Writers

1. 01. Linda Martin
   from
2. 02. Jamie Bowlby-Whiting
   from a small village in rural England
3. 03. Katja Gruenwald
   from Munich
4. 04. Talon Windwalker
   from Varies widely
5. 05. Ashley Curtin
   from Los Angeles

Top Travel Stories

1. 01. North Island vs South Island, New Zealand
   by Brucini
2. 02. Things You Should Know Before Traveling to China for the First Time
   by Amanda Williams
3. 03. The Best Backpacker Movies
   by Brucini
4. 04. How Much Money Do You Need To Go Travelling?
   by Brucini
5. 05. Through The Wild – Do It Yourself African Safari
   by Ashley Curtin