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Keeping a Maun Bush Pilot Happy

 1.) Every smokey fire in the delta is Victoria falls, so please confirm with the pilot when seeing fire

2.) Having one engine and one propellor, means it must be a multi-engine aircraft. (Yes someone did ask this question, my faith in the human race was temporarily lost)


3.) Bodily Secretions (it needed its own section, you disgusting people!)


a) Sick Bags and bubblegum should be hidden in hard to reach places so the pilot can have fun, having a mini treasure hunt, after a long day of flying (Finding a used sick bag under the seat cover was one of my loot filled treasure hunts


b) Sick bags are only to be used when you either don't have a direct line of fire to the pilots lap or if your seat looks too clean and needs some dirtying up (Apparently the size of sick bags are never quite big enough)


c) Make sure to use your sick bag at the beginning of the flight to create a unique odor for the rest of the flight (mmm cheese curls, Doritos and coke)


d) If you feel the need to fart, please don't be selfish, wait until we close all the air vents so everyone in the aircraft can enjoy your scent


e) Blame the high altitude for your farting and ask us to descend to a lower altitude (not even joking!)


4.) If you see the runway, please point it out to us, because majority of the time we are just flying around aimlessly, hoping to stumble upon a runway


5.) Safetly belts are to be used around your head, shins and legs and when putting them on remember all logic must go out the window


6.) Flying sandpits are every pilots dream, so please try get as much mud and sand on the interior as possible. This also contributes to point 3a and makes the game more fun


7.) Questions should only be asked when the pilots concentration is at his highest. (Coming into land after being quiet the entire flight, I had a guest ask what my favourite food is.)


8.)When we say "please mind your head", it's actually a challenge to see how many times you can bump your head until it bleeds



Savuti Camp - One of the rooms we get to stay in


The Baobab Tree - Elephants food porn


Maun Randomness - keeping ourselves busy 


The Maun Donkey in it's natural habitat (the middle of the road)

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