Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Susana Trilling and Seasons of My Heart

Following up on the suggestion from Hunter-MX of visiting Casona Rosa, has anyone heard of the Season of My Heart cooking school and Susana Trilling? Apparently she is primarily based in Oaxaca, but has a MICHOACÁN CUISINE & MONARCH BUTTERFLIES TOUR. How is the trip from Morelia to Zihuatanjo? Is there bus service or should we be thinking of renting a car?

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Morelia is easy to get to from Zihuatanejo. I recommend taking the Autovías busline from the Central de Autobuses in Zihuatanejo. They are quite comfortable double-decker buses with A/C, bathrooms, and personal entertainment consoles. The trip is about four and a half hours. Then from the Central de Autobuses in Morelia it's about a 10-minute trip by taxi to downtown Morelia.

Parhikuni is also a very nice busline with regular runs daily between Zihuatanejo and Morelia. I just thought the Autovías buses were a little nicer, but whichever has the schedule that's good for you will get you there and back safely and in comfort.

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We took the Autovias bus to and from Morelia. The timing was right and it was a very comfortable ride. Easily as much space as you would have in a first class airline seat. There are his and hers bathrooms, but if you think bathrooms on planes are small, these are even smaller.

They do provide a light snack consisting of a half sandwich with a meat I was not able to identify, a granola-like bar, and a small bottle of water. I would suggest that if you feel you would be hungry on the trip that you bring your own snacks.

All in all a very comfortable experience. I'd ride with them again without hesitation.

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Good point about snacks. It is a long enough ride to get hungry on. We always take our own snacks. We usually take some sandwiches and snack bars and bring our own water. As well, we've always eaten the food they provide without any problems. In addition to a half sandwich of turkey-ham, they usually offer cookies or a candy bar and juice, soft drink or water.

Also, the buses often have arctic A/C, so it's a good idea to bring along a sweater or light jacket, which you'll probably need in Morelia anyway.

Yes, the bathrooms are tiny but if you're a guy it helps keep your aim true while the bus sways, bounces and rocks along. :-o

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Contact for Susana Trilling:
Website: www.seasonsofmyheart.com
E-mail: seasons@spersaoaxaca.com.mx

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How is the trip from Morelia to Zihuatanjo? <<

I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but if your concern is about 'road conditions', then rest assured that nearly the entire route is comparatively new, well-maintained autopista, and a wide 2-lane E/W of smooth sailin....

Renting a car (versus the bus) certainly provides the freedom to stop and/or detour as you please along the way, and a really EZ drive up to see the Monarchs from Morelia (primarily seen from November to March).

El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary is always a marvelous stop, located about 6 kilometers from the village of Angangueo. To get there by car, drive to Zitácuaro via highway 15 from Morelia (or Toluca/Mexico City), then make your way north from Zitácuaro to the town of Ocampo, then to Angangueo and park your car. From there you can take a truck to the sanctuary unless you prefer the pretty tough hike that takes you up steep, rocky trails and through two river fords at over 8,500 ft. in altitude.

The Guia Roji road map book of México is always an invaluable resource, and, the rather dramatic increase of helpful signage throughout the republic over the past two administrations makes such drives 'a snap'.

Viajen con Dios.

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That's some excellent info and good advice, AJ. Thank you for sharing it!

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Por nada, señor..... as El Rosario is certainly one of our many annual treats..... and retreats.... in one of Mother Nature's truly splendid 'performances'!

And again, our genuine thanks and appreciation of the Mexican Fed over the past 7+ years alone in making really sterling efforts at helpful signage throughout the republic..... even along the endless options of beautiful carreteras libres in the more remote outer regions, which is where we instinctively seem to forever find ourselves!!

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And enjoy it you should! What was not so long ago "off the beaten path" now seems like rush hour traffic in Miiiiiiiiiii-friggin'-yammy! B-)

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We certainly know the feeling, jefe, as THAT is a widespread and growing phenomena along so much of México’s coastal regions these daze. And too, impacting once infrequently heard-of destinations now considered to be but very well-known ‘day trips’ from such coastal vacationer hautes.

It’s a fact of life that we’ve necessarily come to accept, which is why we are currently taking another thorough look/see in Z..... to gauge the quality of just that inescapable “phenomena”!

But my essential reference was more directed towards the equally widespread and growing phenomena of legitimate signage even throughout the more remote pueblitos along México’s beautifully endless and wandering Roads To Nowhere..... where prior to such helpful signage, you would indelibly ‘flip a coin’ at every unsigned “Y”; drive for miles before sensing that you’ve actually missed your turn (!!), struggle to then find a turnaround spot; though now being able to correlate such signed pueblo names with your Guia Roji, to get a very tangible sense of where the F%#K you actually ARE.....! (;-D

And while stopping to ask The Passing Locals is always a rewarding endeavor (sorta!), the problem there again is that so many of these wonderful remote rural folks speak only their regional dialects…… STILL.

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Oh yes!! It is sometimes hard to find the wonderful place we are looking to find, but long ago we decided we are never lost but just exploring and in doing so have discovered many wonderful places. As a friend recently said to me, "just keep looking and asking and you will find what you are looking for".
I do wish posters of photos would identify the locality of the photos so we too can go and enjoy the area.

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