Leaving Siwa to find Aya in Alexandria

I have reached level 7 in the starting zone, Siwa, except for one location that is defended by fighters too powerful for me. I now have the quest to go to Alexandria to find my wife Aya, but it seems an oddly long journey by camel, and requires that I pass through very high level zones where I keep getting ambushed and one-shot killed.

Here's a list of the 34 map territories ordered by level. The two I'm safe in are Lake Mareotis and Iment Nome, but I can't reach either of those without going through Quatara Depression which is 37-40 and way beyond me at present.

Am I missing something, or am I supposed to just plough on through as many deaths as necessary?

Territory	Approx. Level
1. Siwa	1 - 5
2. Iment Nome	6 - 8
3. Lake Mareotis	6 - 8
4. Alexandria	9 - 12
5. Kanopos Nome	11 - 13
6. Sap-Meh Nome	12 - 15
7. Khensu Nome	13 - 15
8. Sapi-Res Nome	15 - 18
9. Giza	17 - 20
10. Ka-Khem Nome	17 - 20
11. Ineb-Hedjet Nome	19 - 22
12. Memphis	20 - 23
13. Saqquara Nome	20 - 25
14. Faiyum	24 - 29
15. Faiyum Oasis	28 - 31
16. Uab Nome	29 - 33
17. Atef-Pehu Nome	30 - 33
18. Haueris Nome	30 - 33
19. Herakleion Nome	30 - 33
20. Im-Khent Nome	30 - 33
21. Black Desert	27 - 37
22. Libue	31 - 34
23. Green Mountains	32 - 35
24. Kyrenaika	34 - 38
25. Desheret Desert	34 - 40
26. Great Sand Sea	36 - 40
27. White Desert	36 - 40
28. White Desert Oasis	36 - 40
29. Isolated Desert	37 - 40
30. Marmarica	37 - 40
31. Paraitonion	37 - 40
32. Quatara Depression	37 - 40
33. Great Green Sea
34. Mesogeios Sea

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1 Answer

If you look at the quest description, it tells you to go speak to Hepzefa before you leave. When you do so, you get to confirm that you're ready to travel to Alexandria, and then the game time skips you over the desert travel and brings you to right outside Iment Nome and Lake Mareotis.

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