I was a Sandy Tarutaru. I liked Windurst, a lot, but the layout confused me like no one's business. I will say that the outlaying areas of Windy were much more fun to level in than the dark/dank forest of Sandy were.
Honestly I had the most fun with that game in the lower levels. I used to wander the world on foot all the time. Once I even walked from Sandy to Jeuno on foot...and I never died once. My LS was having everyone meet up in Jeuno for something and man were they surprised when this little level 10 Taru showed up!
I never really got super far in the game, I think the highest level I got was level 30 on my main job, and 15 on my sub-job. My Taru ended up being a 30 warrior / 15 Dragoon.