Everything a Nepali mother packs when you travel for two days

For a trip of two nights.

1. Food for four days.
2. A second bag of food, in case the first bag is somehow not food.
3. Boiled eggs. Always. The quantity is not negotiable and does not scale with trip length.
4. A water bottle you already own, refilled, because the one you packed is “not the good one”.
5. Medicine for nine conditions you do not have.
6. A warm layer for a place that is warmer than here.
7. An umbrella, in any season, on any forecast.
8. A carrier bag folded inside another carrier bag, to bring things back in.
9. Instructions, delivered at the gate, at a speed that makes note-taking impossible.

You will eat all of it. You will still be asked, on arrival, whether you have eaten.