daycay

the poor teacher’s guide to taking a free ritzy daycay: pool crashing the royal cliff. i am in no way discontent in my poor traveling teacher’s budget place of street foodies and towels on the jomtien beach. if anything, i am glad to not be part of the opulence of the overdone beach resorts that verges on disgusting. but everyone needs an escape every once in awhile! our’s comes in the form of wandering with foreigner confidence straight into the huge glass doors of the royal cliff resort, straight to the overly-cushioned pool chairs. when lounging gets old (not that it does…), wander on over to the poolside elevator –yes, the elevator- that will conveniently take you down to your own private beach. a little excessive, yes. unnecessary, definitely. but transforming every now and then from a goodwill educator of young pattaya half-breed minds to a rich vacationing honeymooner without a care in the world is not so bad!