"I was free to wander the world as I saw fit. I would avoid the clichés and the “normal” things to do in my predicament that countless others would jump upon to perform. I was like them in some regard but different in others. I would not make it my purpose here to meet inhabitants of villages and cities of brick, but instead to walk to amongst the residents of forests and deserts and plateaus and wherever my feet took me. I would explore this world not to meet the individuals within it but to meet the land itself."

Basically someone is in Equestria and wants to explore it and not get wound up in a someone elses story. Instead they are following their own journey and not some action packed storyline. They want to see Equestria itself.