To our great surprise in the morning, our tents remained intact from the winds. We continued on to Greymouth, where we had breakfast at a cafe. After breakfast, we were on the road again going towards Fox Glacier. Along the way, Alice and Magda went looking for pounamu by the river. Pounamu (NZ greenstone) is a dark jade-like stone found along the west coast of the South Island. This stone is so hard that diamond cutters are used to shape them and the Maori used them in tools and weapons. The Maori consider the pounamu a treasure and it is popular as jewelry.
We camped our van at the gravel campgrounds of Fox Glacier. We met a young British girl traveling by herself in a van. She is going to University in Auckland but she's traveling the country for 6 months. She told us a creepy story that could've been from a B type horror movie. One day, her van had broken down in the middle of nowhere. She was met by a group of goats who chased her down the road for 3 km! With every swing of her handbag, the goats would retreat a little and then descend on her again. Eventually, they left her alone. Goats are creepy with those eyes of theirs. We had met a goat earlier today chained up on the side of the road. Alice cautiously tried to give it a carrot but he wouldn't take it. He then threatened to charge at us and that was when we said "goodbye".
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