More holiday-makers have returned from tsunami-hit Chennai, Colombo and Phuket. At Changi Airport, they recounted their harrowing experiences.
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Martin Maussner and his family were airlifted by helicopter from Unawatuna, a small fishing village on the southern coast of Sri Lanka.

As the roads around them were wedged in, they were trapped in their hotel for two days before help came.

Though not seriously injured, the children were visibly shaken.

Ms Nathalie Jacob Maussner said: "They were scared, they did not want to live alone and 'please mama, wake me up, the big wave is coming' and they have also got vomitting, and they are cold and tired, and they just want to rest now."

Second year Engineering undergraduate Oozie Koo and 22 others were part of a marine conservation project on Surin Island.

They had extended their stay to go diving at the Similans but the expedition was called off five minutes before they hit the waters.

"We heard from the dive master that the diving was cancelled. At first we were initially puzzled and eventually when we heard what happened, we were quite worried," he said.

And they are still worried for they have friends who are still missing.

The Lee family, who were also at the Similans, felt they cheated death.

They were out swimming and fishing on a boat when the killer waves struck.

Mr Lee Hock Guan, a Singaporean tourist, said: "We were rather nervous on the way back but we made our way slowly, watching out for actually a lot of floating debris and perhaps we could actually pick up some survivors. We thought there might be some boats that have sunk but there were floating beds, chairs, tables and cupboards."

One couple switched their holiday plans. They stayed on at Patong Hospital where they donated some money and food.

Ping Lim, a Singaporean tourist, said: "We had instances where we were having lunch and people screamed, and we just had to run to the highest floor possible and that was the kind of life we led for two days. We are glad to be back."

The situation at the airport is not as dramatic compared to the past few days.

Though there were tears, they were mostly tears of joy as family members welcome their loved ones who survived the tragedy.