Concon - una dia increible

We woke up early Saturday morning to enjoy our last breakfast on the terrace of Hotel Brighton before heading to Concon. After packing up, we had one final look over the city and headed towards the main area to catch a bus to Concon. We were so proud of ourselves for catching the right ones! Concon is about 30km from Valparaiso and we paid a whopping 400 pesos each..oh yes, 80 cents! The US transit system could learn a thing or two. Kyle did an awesome job in making sure we didn't pay too much and caught the right bus. The drive into Concon was amazing - lined with beautiful houses, unique buildings, and artwork. While we might have found the bus easily, our hotel was a little bit of a different story. Once we got into the city we weren't exactly sure where to be dropped off. We gave the driver our street address and he ended up having us get off at the very end of the street - the opposite side from where our hotel was. So we embraced the moment and became real backpackers :) We had a 3.9 km walk along the coastline, but it was well worth it - the view the entire way was unreal. And before you know it, we were at our hotel! (well, I may have asked are we there yet a couple of times). The hotel is absolutely perfect - like nothing I have ever seen. It is a boutique hotel and has only 6 rooms. Kyle completely surprised me with staying here - we had found it online back in the US but decided it was a little much. He surprised me saying that it was part of my birthday gift because back in July he told me that I would have a special day on our trip for my birthday present...come to find out, later in the day I got the best birthday gift any girl could hope for! Once we got settled in, we headed to lunch. The conceriege gave us some suggestions and they were incredile! Best meal we have had thus far! After stuffing ourselves (a common theme on this trip), we headed towards the sand dunes - the original attraction that led Kyle to find Concon. We were going to take a bus but once we saw the sand dunes in the distance, we couldn't help but walking briskly towards them. Once they were right in front of us, it was a sight that neither of us have ever seen before. It was a combination of a beach, mountains, desert, and tropical - absolutely incredile. The Sand Dunes are any where from 300 - 900ft high. We found what we thought was the perfect path and made our way up to the top...it was quite the trek - walking through sand is hard enough sometimes, but going up a 65 - 70 degree sand incline is a challenge. A challenge that was beyond worth it! The view at the top is unbelievable, no words can describe. You are presented with a view of endless crystal blue ocean and a sun that reflects perfectly on the water. The 360 view is just as incredible - being able to see every city, the surrounding homes and sand dunes. And Kyle insisting to bring the tripod made it even more worth it! We were able to take pictures of the both us with this incredible scenary behind us. We stayed on the sand dunes for about 3 - 4 hours, waiting for the sunset. We didn't make it quite that long - the breeze started to pick up and it started getting cold quickly. Kyle said that he wanted one last video of the area, so I stepped aside and he did a 360 view and then walked over to me. The look in his eyes said it all...I immediately started giggling/tearring up because its what I do when I get really excited and happy. He gave a speech that I will remember for the rest of my life and then he pulled a sock outside of his pocket that had an iphone case then another sock then a pretty little blue box...got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! I had the world's biggest smile on my face and of course, screamed yes and gave him a huge kiss. No words can describe how perfect the moment was, but what I can tell you is that it was more perfect and incredible than anything I could have imagined. Of course, immediately afterwards, I started asking all of the questions of how he pulled off this amazing surprise! Thank you to everyone who helped and was a piece of this!! The sun started setting so we made our back to the hotel as an engaged couple..once we got back, I of course shared our exciting news with one of the hotel staff and was eager to call family!! We heard a knock on our door and it was the hotel staff with 2 glasses of champagne and dessert - incredible! We then went to the spa for a private session - we had the entire thing to ourselves. So we enjoyed the hot tub and sauna and amazing dinner just the two of us. This day will be a day that I forever remember and don't think I have stopped smiling. I am looking forward to the rest of our vacation but more importantly, looking forward to being the future Mrs. Kyle Simmons! Can't wait to be home and celebrate with all of the ones that we love!!!

Please check out all of the pictures from our wonderful day! https://picasaweb.google.com/Kyle.Joseph.Simmons/ChileDay3Concon?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCM_p_eH9kdfc0wE&feat=directlink