The way it is...
Honestly, most of us did it that way.
Arriving in Maun "International" Airport...checking at the 206's trying to climb feet after feet on a hot and turbulent day (another one)...dreaming...finding your way to Audi Camp, going to Inet Cafe to annouce your folks your are still alive, being **** scared at the first 7cm spider or scorpion you'll cross, or taking 300 pictures in high Quality of the first Drongo or Hornbill you'll see sittng in front of you (while at the end, you'll know them all by their latin scientific name)..then knocking at "charter companies"'s doors...and having the usual "come back tomorrow, not now"...or "yes, you interest us, but come back in a month"...and then , by pissing those guys off day after day, ending up a few days, weeks, or month, actually flying for them..
And if this doesn't work, when your heart tells you to be carefull, when you cash start to be a concern... move away...(not anymore to Zimbabwae..but Zambia, Namibia, even RSA...)
This IS how it worked for most (not All) of us... the usual Maun Route...some stoped there..some continued further...and most of us did actually find a job..
Its a risk, sure...but it DOES worth it...and I am pretty sure every single pilot who knows what I am talking about will agree with it...
Don't forget your camera....and a good one...