hm, well i didnt follow the guy's direntions, but i did try the note, and it got me nowhere at all, so i just used the good ol' rakda

then, i tryed to go the way that another FAQ told me, which was follow the FAKE north star, then go north when the oasis went away. well, i did that, and it actually got me to where i could SEE the oasis, but after that and i started going really north, then everything just quit moving and it was pointless to keep walking (i can tell if im actually making progress, good or bad, by the star movements...which werent moving...)