I managed to get a blister on each little two the first 2 days (first one foot, then the other). Oof, feel like I’ve been limping all week. Not fun.
I didn’t get to bike the riverside today as I had planned, mostly because it turns out you can’t rent from one location and return to another (plus it was getting late in the day, and being tropical here, it does get dark early). I did pick up a cycling trail map from the tourist office, and it is quite impressive! There are 3 rivers that come together in Taipei, and they all have trails (plus some street bike lanes too). You could easily bike for hours along the rivers, even up to Danshui/Tamsui which is practically on the coast.
And yes, I did do the needle & thread through the blister trick (thanks to dad for that one almost exactly 10 years ago when I was in Kyoto, Japan).
Oh, and the rash on the inner elbows and inner knees. It might be a heat rash, but I noticed it after the public hot springs… It took me a few days to find my anti-biotic ointment though!