Is there a point to going out to the far far "deserts" besides ancient memories and extra "seconds" (don't know what those are for at all)? I have not been to most of the far regions (aka beige or yellow lands) because there are no (1) ghosts, (2) vendors, (3) quoins, (4) trees, etc. Am I missing something? I don't think there are even quests out there. I can get Experience points, but all I'm doing is using up valuable energy walking the geometric grids. Please enlighten me (my Rock was no help).