hey people. i'm Alex, live in UK and work as a businessman. i'm taking a break for a couple of months and considering traveling to Brazil, solo. i'm something of a hypochondriac :) but to a far lesser extent. but still, the fear is there and it's kind of hard to fight sometimes, that's why i'm taking all my precautions before traveling to Brazil, specially since i'll be all alone. so, i've been doing some research for good hotels, good tourist guides, and all the right facilities in a single neighborhood, hospitals or clinics, pharmacies and the works.