I don't think we were supposed to run easyly from "continent" to "continent" just yet.
Note how the regions are laid out, at the center/middle is where the homin, kami and karavan have the most control. Places where it is reasonable safe to travel.
The further away you go the more kitin and goo controls the region, and hence the stronger they become.
Granted some areas are covered in aggroes, and doesn't feel right (at least to me) as what was intended for the place.
It stand to reason than when we get the ability to cotrol outpost etc., that it will become easier to travel in safety.
As a harvester and crafter, I can spend days just looking around and sneaking to places, just because I haven't seen or been there.
Many an hour I have entertained my guild while exploring
My maps are litterary covered with map mark *1.
To sum it up a bit; I go exploring, not because it is easy, but because it hard.
*1 pleeeeease add multi colour map marks, and the posibility to use spaces or larger text area to them.