I enjoyed West Karana, but as my mage I played in East Karana and Beholders Maze. Being a mage with the summoned bags, the clay that drops from Beholders was fantastic money and made getting pottery skill leveling quite fast and cheap.
Going off of solo places (and this was all as my mage back in the day) I enjoyed everfrost mammoths and ice giants. The Hole was fantastic, especially if you have anti-summoning spells. I remember playing in Najena a lot but I think it was primarily for the mage focus items. Lavastorm was a good place for the baslisks. I remember playing in Kedge Keep for awhile while waiting for Undertow to spawn. I also remember leveling in Lake Rathe and South Karana.
In short, I was like you and enjoyed getting out and exploring, especially back in the day when there were no ports. I never explored Kunark too much, mainly stayed in classic until Luclin came out and when I did visit Kunark it was the normal zones (lake of ill omen, dreadlands, sebilis). I remember taking out the golems in city of mist in my 60's but that was well past classic EQ.
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