After the wave I loaned my phone to BG to call her family - £18 to a Thai mobile. Still it was an emergency and cheap compared to the 20 minute call to my aunt in Canada trying to convince her I wasn't lying face down in a rock pool or floating off to India, nor was I in imminent danger of contracting dysentery, cholera, beri-beri, fever (yellow, scarlet or yougimme), the lurgi or bad limp...
The bad news is the BG got my number off her family's phone and now I'm getting the occasional 'miss you' call..
Cheers,
K.