Travel. Train. Live. Tech.
Honest guides from the road, the gym and the gear bag.
Destination guides written after the trip, training that survives a travel schedule, and kit reviewed after real use — not a spec sheet.
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The one to read first
If you only have ten minutes, this is where to spend them.
Four topics, one bag
Travel. Train. Live. Tech.
Every trip runs through the same four lenses — where to go, how to keep training, what daily life looks like, and which gear earns its space.
Travel
Destination guides, on-the-ground stories and the practical detail that makes a trip actually work.
Fitness
Training on the road, gym finds in strange cities, and how to keep a routine without a routine.
Lifestyle1 story
Daily life, food, routines and the slower stuff that sits between the flights and the workouts.
Tech
The gear, apps and gadgets that actually earn a place in the bag — reviewed after real use.
Video library
Latest videos
Long-form stories from the road, training sessions and gear breakdowns.
About Alex
Building a life around travel, training, and work worth doing.
Alex Unpacked started as a way to document a Thailand trip and turned into a running record of the places, workouts, routines and gear that actually held up outside a highlight reel. Same idea now as then: honest documentation over polished performance.