Disappearing suitcases

 Picture: Go and find your box! Arrival at Trivandrum airport. 
Airports in Asia always baffle me with the size of luggage people haul around. I happened to chance upon travellers dragging several suitcases and families lugging cardboard boxes around. But what baffled me the most was the quantity of food everyone would carry from one place to another on a plane and I discovered the reason for it: Eating is essential in Asia and normally takes up a lot of time. So food means home, particularly home-made food. So whenever someone embarks on a journey all the aunties and mommies pack some home-made food in order to make sure one will not stave. With the many budget airlines not serving food, this is a real risk! And anyhow, who knows if the same quality food is available at the destination. The result of this are suitcases and boxes full of spices, rice, vegetables and sweets. The food will remind the departee of their origins.