During the week my Brother came on Gmail and was telling me that he has arrived in La Paz in Bolivia. However he also said that as he was changing buses he managed to loose the people he was with. He was slightly distressed as none of them had mobile phones with them (as they didn’t have Tri-band phones).

So he was trying to work out how to contact them, I suggested he contacted the people he is stasying with in the jungle back in Peru. Email was the only way of contacting them. He also knew how to get back to Peru so I suggested perhaps he should go back if he hasn’t found them soon. He was considering going to some of the sights they had planned to see in case he bumped into them but this sounded a bit vague to me.

Then he had the idea that he’ll log onto Facebook and leave a message on the wall of one of his friends. To our amazement this friend has already posted the address of the hotel where they’re staying in La Paz. Facebook had saved the day!

I find this an incredible example of how the web is changing out lifes. Without Internet access Alex would never have been able to even get in contact with me, let alone check his email or Facebook page. Finally Web 2.0 shows its usefulness.