AK Monthly Recap: August-September 2026

Are you ready for a BIG monthly recap? Because it doesn’t get any bigger than this. My dear readers, I visited my 100th country. Botswana. I’ve been working toward this travel goal for many years, and I’m so thrilled to have finally made it happen. I spent 34 days in Africa — my longest trip to the continent yet. And with such a busy tour planned for September, I knew I’d have no time to get my August recap up, so now I’m pairing the two months together. From an Italian island to the Czech countryside, from the Okavango Delta to Africa’s most fearsome waterfall, here’s what I got up to in August and September! Let’s take a look! Hello from the Devil’s Pool! (There is a man holding my feet just out of frame.) Destinations Visited Ischia (Forio and Sant’Angelo), and Naples, Italy Prague, Kutná Hora, Srbsko, and Řevnice, Czech Republic Cape Town, Franschhoek, and Johannesburg, South Africa Maun, Okavango Delta, Gweta, Makgadikgadi Pan, Nata, Kasane, and Chobe National Park, Botswana…