Right now as a orc or goblin its a pita getting to Thestra. Only way to get there is take a porter to New Targonor, then get on the boat there that takes you back. When the boat gets half way across the southern continent you need to jump off and swim about a half an hour until you get near konarthi point. From there you can run thru the half giant and vulmane newbie areas (non-kos).
Now you can try to run thru mobs lvl28-34 and possibly eat a death but its risky and you may end up at an altar surounded by them. Happened to me once I don't reccomend it.
They took out the porter to Konarthi that was there in beta.
