UK Skype Number on iPhone 5s

Hi,
I am doing this for the first time.  I am currently travelling alot and as such need to be contactable on a central number.  I would like that central number to be a UK number from skype where people from the US, UK and the Middle East can call me.  
However in addition I was wondering, since I have the skype application on my iphone 5s, if there was a way that when someone calls me from the US, UK or the Middle East on the Skype UK number, if I can make it so that the number ports the call to my local number of the country I am in?
For example, I am in the North of India at the moment.  And say I have obtained a UK skype number.  Someone from the Middle East calls me on the UK skype number and diverts to my India mobile number.  However I dont want the caller to know that I am in India or that the call was diverted to my India number. I want the caller to still think he/she is calling a UK number.  This would be the ideal scenario.
However, I think what does happen and am not sure . . . in the same above scenario . . . when the person calls the UK skype number, it rings on my iphone but it rings on the skype application which means while the person thinks they are still calling the UK number, I am limited to always being around WIFI in order to accept the call.  If I am out and about with no WIFI, I cannot get the call.  What happens to the call then - does it go into some sort of voice mail where once I am within WIFI range I can return the persons call back?
The other question I have - what happens when I call the person from the skype application.  Is there a way that I can call overseas and have them only see the UK skype number that I have obtained from skype?
Any advise on what is the best method for me to follow so that people can reach me on one central number that is a UK based number and they think they are calling a UK number no matter where in the world I am.  AND when I call them all they see on their end is the same UK number.  And of course I would love for the solution to be economic in terms of cost and not to technical to use as I am not technical - I prefer the phone rings and  I pick or I pick the phone and I call kind of easy process .  And of course it should be compatible for my iphone 5s
Many thanks in advance . . . 

http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/ios-call-blocking/
iOS 7 will offer call blacklisting, which in reality is not true call blocking.  It allows a call to connect, compares the caller ID information with a database of blacklisted numbers, and if a match is there, it hangs up the call without ever riniging.
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