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.

I've driven up and down the road to Agios Neofytos in Paphos District, Cyprus a number of times. 

And every time I've seen the deserted village of Souskiou on the other side of the river valley.  It was one of those places mentally filed away to check out some day.