The lease is up at the end of May. Everyone is leaving. I was fired from my job two weeks ago. I have about eighteen bucks to my name.

I might be on the street in a month if I can't find work fast enough to put together a deposit for a new room.

I haven't been the kind of person I needed to be to the people who were important to me, so I can't really count on any support from friends or family.

The thought of traveling for a while has been a recurring thought that resurfaces from time to time. I figure it'll never go away until I try it. I really want to head south and see Central and Latin America (Amerifag here). In this case I guess it wouldn't be traveling so much as bumming around I guess.

I'm 25, male, reasonably intelligent, but have no advanced degree. I'm cleancut. I don't do drugs.

I'm pretty scared.

What's it like being homeless in North America, /trv/? Any advice/tips/tricks from people who have been there?