Pokemon are spreading across Australia in seemingly biblical proportions, literally popping up everywhere, from suburban streets, to city parks, and even inside travel agencies across the country.
Yes, that’s right: Pokemon it seems love to travel too.
We initially thought it’d be funny to have a little fun with the craziness sparked by the launch of the new Pokemon Go smart phone game by crafting this hilarious meme.
It was a joke, obviously, but after numerous shares, likes and comments we did wonder – what if?
WHHHHAAATTT?
To find out a little more about what the hell just happened, KarryOn decided to give the store a call.
Basically, helloworld Ashburton had a client come in for her flights, and she had her little boy with her. Whilst they were in the store, mum and boy began talking about this thing called Pokemon. The travel agents at the store inquired what it was all about and soon a conversation ensued. The woman came in again the next morning, and then another girl started catching Pokemon out the front!
“Pokemon are hanging around our store, which is good for business!”
The travel agency is even now considering using Pokemon as a marketing tool. Perhaps they could use the promise of catching Pokemon to get people into the store, and then offer them a discount on a holiday and awesome service!?
And this incident isn’t isolated either.
Pokemon are flocking to travel agencies right across the country, such as this one, Reho Travel in Melbourne:
So far the Facebook post has received over 50 likes and 46 shares!
Just in case you still aren’t taking this craze seriously, in exciting news, Geckos Adventures is taking the game to a whole new level, offering the ultimate Poké-trip, Pokémon: Let’s Go! Which leads players to different corners of the globe so that they can be amongst the first to catch these little virtual creatures in remote corners of the world.
That’s right: An actual tour based on catching Pokemon.
From Peru to the Galapagos Islands, Egypt to Cambodia, Geckos Adventures has created a tailor-made ‘Poké-friendly’ trip, using innovative technology and data to predict likely pokéstops and gym locations. The tour gives people the chance to catch Pikachu at Machu Picchu, spot Snorlax in San Cristobal in Galapagos, get Gabite at the Great Pyramids of Giza and capture Cloyster at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.
From $9,800 AUD ($10,749NZD) per person, the trip departs from Lima, Peru on August 28, 2016 and will end in Bangkok, Thailand on October 10, 2016.