After nearly a month spend pleasantly drifting in Japan, suspended in an alternate universe, heading out on the road again was hard. We had gone soft. All that good food and pampering came back to haunt us, as we shouldered our backpacks and wheeled our suitcases to Nagoya Airport. We had only planned as far as the New Year, knowing that we would reach out friends in time for Christmas. Beyond that was as vague as, "We'll figure it out." This was a mistake, because we're embarked on a round-the-world trip using one-way tickets.