Slickriptide really hit it with his initial reply, you created your adventure. I think that a sense of roleplay is what can turn a mundane travel into something exciting. It can be done solo but you can multiply your fun when doing something with other like minded heroes.
My first experience with this was when i mentioned that i was running some striga missions in SG chat and a handful of other members joined and exemp'd into the 25-29 range and we assualted the council base by going through the Wolf's Thoat tunnel breaking into the base and causing havoc. It was so much fun!
since then i've tried to spread that same feeling by grabbing random players and assualting the Forge in Sharkhead, hunting on the Islands in Nerva, grabbing some rockets in warburg with a team can be a blast too.
The biggest part of it though is making your own fun.