My quest to find deserted villages in Cyprus has taken another leap forward.  Again, just like happened with Pitargou, it was a casual conversation when somebody mentioned Zacharia.

It took a bit of research, and I found where Zacharia was.  And in doing so, I discovered it's one of a group of four deserted villages in the Paphos Forest, the others being Sarama, Istinjo and Melandra.

It's not uncommon to come across virtually deserted villages throughout Paphos Region.

They're a very real and continuing shadow of the 1974 war when Turkey invaded northern Cyprus.

Androlikou is one of the deserted villages of Paphos District.

Situated in the hills near Polis, its a spooky place with a slightly unsettling feeling about it.

One of the great things about living in Cyprus is lots of mates come out for holidays and I get to show them around our favourite bits of Cyprus.

This time it was Baggy - a guy I've spent a lot of time at the lineside with in the UK photographing steam.  He was here with two mates Steve and Tony - also keen photographers.

So we planned a day out to check out some of the sights of Paphos District.