When our plane touched down in Playa de Carmen my future wife had no idea of the proposal that I had planned for the last year. This was just supposed to be a very much needed vacation. She was looking forward to the respite in this tropical wonderland.

I’m sure you are thinking that proposing on the beach in a tropical wonderland would be romantic enough, but I was planning something even more spectacular. This would be a memory for a lifetime.

I told my love that the hotel was having a treasure hunt for the guests. I had went all over the resort and hidden my clues beforehand. One clue would point to the next and so on. It was perfect to get her interested.

My girlfriend was not really into it at first, as we had planned to have dinner at a restaurant in town. I told her that I thought we could actually win the treasure hunt so she started getting more involved. We set off to find the first clue and found it pretty easily (wink wink). She was getting excited every time we found another clue.

At one point she sees another couple with a flier in hand appearing that they were looking for clues too. Perfect, the competition was on as my fiance is very competitive. Soon we were next to the last clue leading us to the beach.

Our next clue was leading us to the beach where I had buried the ring in a heart shaped box. I was very diligent in making sure I was not observed hiding it. It would be just my luck for someone to dig it up and take it. It was marked by a small plant.

We approached the beach my heart began to boom in my chest. The game had made me totally forget that I was about to propose to my girlfriend. The second to last clue had told us to look for a small plant on the beach in front of the bar area. We were in the dusk now and it was really hard to see. I kept leading her in the right direction even though she thought it was the other way.

I said, Come here, I think I see something. As I bent down on one knee and uncovered the clay heart shaped box from the sand, I took the ring and asked her to marry me. She was completely taken off guard and screamed with delight as I proposed. It was as romantic as it was adventurous.