[limey]

I did the same sort of thing last week with my mobile, a local sim-card and data bundle and my netbook in Uzbekistan. This meant I could Skype Best Beloved at home as much as I wanted instead of feeling a little, uh, constrained, by the £1.60/minute mobile phone roaming charges on my UK sim, or the hotel wifi available only in the lobby, or the hotel landline phone charges in my room. Instead I spent USD16 for the week, and even then bought way too much data. Could easily have got away with USD10. Technology is teh awesome.
For those human moments, BB and I have found that playing games over Skype is nice, it means you can relax and just chit chat instead of thinking you must say Important and Significant Things because you are Making a Phone Call (am I showing my age here?).