I felt very similar V
But I guess that why they have the T'Rang Teleporter that goes to 4 locations and the Umpani Teleporter that goes to one spot. At least with these, you only have to travel to few places then telezap to a closer destination to where you want to go. I do have two casters with the portals spell to make that even easier. One for my return to stash one to set a return to where I was portal. It would even easier with more, but the fixed in game ones mentioned above can also simplify the vast travelling.
Just imagine your in Arnika and decide its time to hit the Rapax and do some of those quests. Think on how annoying and tiresome it would to walk through each land fighting random monsters after random monsters in each of those areas. -- YUK --
Even with X-Ray and dodging those baddies would still be hard to swallow.
I'll take the teleporting they we have to that kind of whacky travelling any day.