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Shoe repairman in Vientiane
8^th May, 2011 at 2:25am

In Laos, particularly in cities, we have a shoe repairman (also known as a shoe cobbler) who provide a shoe repair service on the streets, for those who want to get their shoes repaired, instead of buying a new pair.

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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #1 - 9^th May, 2011 at 2:58am Good services. How much does it cost?
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Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane
Reply #2 - 9^th May, 2011 at 4:04am

It depends what you need fixing. Simple jobs cost 5,000 kip, less than $1 US.

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PEACE God Member Offline Posts: 719 DIN FAR Gender: Age: 52	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #3 - 9^th May, 2011 at 4:19am Must be nice to have shoes to wear in Laos. I remember not having shoes to wear in the jungle. However I got shoes to wear after one of the militiary trucks got blown up near our town and we went to the blown up trucks to cut out the tires and made shoes from these tires. Those were the good old days in jungle of Laos .
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Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane
Reply #4 - 9^th May, 2011 at 4:54am

You were definately in the poor echelon of Lao society if you didn't have any shoes to wear.

Some people in Laos these days still use old tires to make sandals or thongs to wear.

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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #5 - 15^th May, 2011 at 3:09am Is this big business?
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Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane
Reply #6 - 15^th May, 2011 at 5:12am

Not really. The merchant doesn't make much money.

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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #7 - 15^th May, 2011 at 2:14pm Is that guy swift with his hands? How long do you have to wait?
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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #8 - 15^th May, 2011 at 4:25pm Admin Saovaluck wrote on 15^th May, 2011 at 5:12am: Not really. The merchant doesn't make much money. They should charge a little bit more. Its a skilled jobs not everybody know how to repair them.
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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #9 - 15^th May, 2011 at 11:47pm There should be more determined people like this kid! All that sleeping in their hammocks the majority of Lao people do won't get them anywhere.
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llX God Member Offline "Absolute power corrupt." Posts: 2685 Gender: Age: 36 Awards: 2	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #10 - 16^th May, 2011 at 1:17am Lao people like a simple life and are easy going. Nothing is wrong with that.
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Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane
Reply #11 - 16^th May, 2011 at 2:04am

I don't think any of those gentlemen is a "kid".

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Larb Dip God Member Offline Lao Pride, and No. 1 Lao Pride Admin' fan from NZ! Posts: 1383 Hadxaifong, Vientiane Gender: Age: 37 Awards: 1	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #12 - 16^th May, 2011 at 11:47pm That guy in the first photo - the guy being seen from a birds eye veiw - looks like an eight year old.
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Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane
Reply #13 - 17^th May, 2011 at 2:27am

How can he look like an eight year old, when we can't see his face?

His hands tell the story. He is probably in the same age range as the guy with him.

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PEACE God Member Offline Posts: 719 DIN FAR Gender: Age: 52	Re: Shoe repairman in Vientiane Reply #14 - 17^th May, 2011 at 2:48am Can he fix my cowboy boots?
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