I'm getting itchy feet again..

Hello I am new here, but have experience on the road. I am 21 from Ottawa Canada. I first backpacked in 2009 in northern Ontario then bussed to bc went hiking all over had a blast but I was alone and no one to join me on my adventures.. I got itchy feet while being in kamloops for a while and I always wanted to see the Florida keys. I didn't have a passport so I crossed the border illegally, was it stupid? Perhaps but I just didn't care at the time. Crossing the border was as easy as walking into a Walmart. So I bussed from Bellingham, Washington to big pine key I lived in my tent. on this beach I came across it was very nice. But the heat got to me so I went looking for abandoned homes to squat in lol. Wasn't the smartest thing I've done anyways i got caught because the owners came home house was empty. I left got caught 6 days later and got identified. I ended up serving 3 months in jail and 2 months in immigration then deported, and slapped with a 10 year ban.

I am getting itchy feet again. But I don't want to make the same mistakes as last time I want to join people also. Have fun, go on adventures. Just live free with nature not worry about bills and mainstream society. I have 10g's and a black belt in jiu jitsu and purple belt in bjj and 4 years of muay Thai experience.

I just don't know where to go from here. I left last time with out telling anyone. I would feel bad if I do it again. Any ideas, thanks

 

Seems like you got a raw deal on that one. 10 year ban is bad as thats looking forward although I'm sure the jail time sucked...

Good luck with your travels

 

meh 10 year ban is not stopping me. I was in the softest jail in America lol. So it wasn't all that bad. I was thinking about going to the east coast the. West coast for the summer then to northern or mid Cali for the winter.

 

ya man, my and a buddy should be that way soon we were thinking of vacationing in mexico but cali good too, hit me up ywarpeace@yahoo.com