I have had the desire to visit Thethi, a remote mountain village in the northern part of Albania, for a long time. Many authors have written books and reports about this mysterious area: the Dutch writer A. Den Doolaard mentioned the place in his novel “De Herberg met het Hoefijzer” and Edith Durham was fascinated by Thethi when she travelled through Albania in the beginning of the 20th century (“High Albania” is her most famous book about this region). The German development organization GIZ recently published a hiking guide and map with suggestions for magnificent hiking tours in Thethi and its Nature Park.