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.