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| JiuFen to Taipei |
Last day with the bike. Just the short run back to Taipei to return it to the rental company. I took the quieter roads and it was a very pleasant run, the sun still shining and the roads still quiet. A fitting coda to the whole ride.
An uneventful, but very relaxing last couple of hours of riding. The rental company is based at the Eastern edge of town, so no need to fight the city traffic. All in all, I only rode about 1000 miles on this trip. There is some truly world class riding roads in Taiwan and being compact, it doesn't need a huge time commitment. Well worth the effort.
The guy I rented the bike from was unable to meet me as he had to visit another customer in hospital (he'd managed to fall off!)
I was told to leave the bike in the same place I collected it and leave the key in the top box.
I duly did this in jumped in an Uber to the hotel.
Then out for my long awaited Din Tai Fung; so so good!
I got a slightly panicked text from the bike rental guy asking if the key was in the top box as he couldn't open it. He seemed confused that I'd locked it. I explained that I was from London, so operate on a "lock it or lose it" policy. It appears that is not an issue in Taiwan. Society is very different (better!) here than in the West. Anyway, he found a spare key and it was all good.
A day spent in Taipei. No bike so at a loose end. Went for a walk, ate some food, saw a movie and sorted out my luggage. It is a pain carrying biking gear when you haven't got a bike!
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| Xiao Long Bao 小笼包 |
Onwards to Hong Kong tomorrow for the rugby 7s. No bikes involved, so that concludes this blog. Until next time....再见！
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