Venturing out of Libya

Hey everyone!

I thank all of you for your consistent input on this forum. I have been following for some time now.

I thought I would ask how some of you venture and travel out of Libya for leisure time, as well as post some information that I know of in regards to traveling.

How have you guys traveled out of Libya for a reasonable price? I have read of people travelling to Malta on Thursdays, but from what I have seen on AirMalta, flights are in the mid-hundreds. Has anyone any advice on how to travel to Malta for cheaper?

I am young and active, so I would rather try to save more to see more. For example, I found that from Tripoli that you can take a bus to the Tunisia border. From there, you can catch a 6 hour train from Gabes to Tunis for about $16. The following link has train information from the Tunisia border.
http://www.seat61.com/Tunisia2.htm#International

From Tunis, you can do a variety of things. One thing that I have researched has been the ferry trip from Tunis to Trapani. This ferry trip takes approximately 9 hours. A round ferry trip costs approx $111.00 for a deck space.
http://www.directferries.co.uk/tunis_ferry.htm

If you were to arrive in Trapani, you can look at train schedules or flight schedules. Look at flights for under $50 at www.ryanair.com!!! You can view the flight map and see that they travel all over! Rome, Venice, Barcelona, Paris, and Vienna are just a few all for really cheap! Sometimes, if you book a month in advance, you can get a free flight. However, you still do need to pay taxes, and they is baggage limitations via ryanair. You can also check into hydrofoils and take a very fast boat ride from place to place!

Basically, the information above suggests a possible way to travel and to see more land for a reasonable price. Not including how much it would be to get from Tripoli to the border, it would be about $150 to get to and from the border of Libya to Trapani(a ryanair destination), compared to $300(cheapest from what I have found online from Malta NOTE: Malta is a ryanair destination:) From Trapani,you can travel wherever you want for a price of significant lower price!

I did a lot of reading and just thought I would share this information and hopefully get information that I do not know of on travelling. I feel this could be a topic that everyone can benefit from. A lot of my friends have travelled via ryanair and ferries and said that it was a great experience. I would suggest and encourage people to read about proper travelling etiquette.

Anyways! This may seem overly adventurous to some! But I am a young guy and just thought I might offer some research to this forum.

Any stories on traveling would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!