Vietnamese national Khanh Pham started making travel plans once he heard the Pokemon Go Safari Zone event is going to be held in Singapore.
In fact, the 50-year-old doctor was so eager to take part that he booked his air tickets without knowing if he had won in the ballot for the event's ticket - he did.
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 17, 2019, with the headline Ready, set, Pokemon Go: Trainers gather for Pokemon safari. Subscribe