“We Travel not to escape Life, but for Life not to escape US”
One fine evening enjoying a dainty snack relishing our travel pictures, the thought of compilation of all those special moments in form of stories crossed our minds. Just as we archive our pictures why not gather our travel stories, adventures and experiences too!!! And voila ‘Untraveled Routes’ came into existence.
We began exploring the Travel bug like any other amateur traveler, started traveling in conventional manner but soon realized that all places left you with the same feeling of being still trapped in the city life. Gradually we tried & began to explore untraveled routes, and contentment started flowing in and so did the love for travel and gaining new insights. It’s been almost 7 years. Yayy!!
We have different perspectives on travel & life on a whole; We are the Nonconformists and love being so.
We love to archive our travel stories and craft handmade albums too. We appreciate every tiny thing in our lives and feel blessed, our idea of having great time is getting involved in something simple yet unusual. We love nature and adore every aspect of it and therefore all our plans are designed in a manner to stay as close as possible to it and enjoy nature in its purest theme and form. We plan to highlight food, culture, festivals, adventure and everything incidental to Travel.
Just a little background here –
We both have majors in Finance (MBA) and a part of us has been working in the corporate world (the other bigger part is busy exploring!!!). Ashish has a decade of experience in Risk Advisory and Wealth Management & currently works as a Sr. Banker. Charu has 5+ years of experience as an Investment Banker. She also authors articles for Trak.in. Charu hails from Madhya Pradesh, later relocated to Ahmedabad, spent a brief period in Bangalore, then stayed in Mumbai for almost 8 years and currently is in New Delhi.
We are fitness enthusiasts, adore swimming, jogging and working out at the gym. We do keep track of nutrition as well; strongly believe in – Healthy body sustains healthy mind 🙂
We realized that the three C’s i.e. company, clients and our cubicle will never be able to match-up to the most imperative ‘C’ – CREATIVITY. We will also soon be caught up in the vicious corporate circle.
We just wanted more from life & have been on quest to explore & new ways of doing things; we have been highly involved in travel, photography, writing and all other interesting stuff that you’ll find here.
Untraveled Routes is aimed at helping avid travelers to discover and unravel travel treasures. Hope you have an amazing ride with us!!!
Cheerios 🙂
Great photos there!! Best, Maggie
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Pleasure, Maggie!!!
Photography is an awesome way to exhibit different perspectives & emotions, look forward to view and share more 🙂
Cheers
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Hi Ashish and Charu! Lovely to mee you guys and read about your stories 🙂
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Hi Param,
We are glad you find the blog interesting….Hope to stay connected 🙂
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Thank you for following my blog. Yours looks excellent. A good concept, “Untraveled Routes.” That’s the way I prefer to travel–more exploring than traveling. Good luck with your blog and your journies.
Chris
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Thanks Chris 🙂
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You have a great travel blog.. Keep writing..
https://stepstogether.wordpress.com/
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Hi Ranjani, Thanks for stopping by..we are glad you like what we have here 🙂
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Thank you for liking one of my photos. You guys have an amazing page full of great photos and helpful travel information. Keep the stories coming!
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Hey Reymon,
Glad that you like our work. We find your collection too amazing. Look forward to stay connected.
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Thanks for your visit. I like what I see here and certainly will be back 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Good to know you both. Sounds like a great plan. Good luck with your venture 🙂
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Thanks buddy…..hope to stay connected
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I’m hoping for the same 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by my blog.
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Sure will be back for more
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Hey Guys!
I am honored that you are following justkeepingitREAL. It warms my heart to know you will be visiting me while on your journey to the road less traveled. Have a terrific time!
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Hi Rita, Thanks for your kind words:) We are so glad to be connected to you via your inspiring blog
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very well written post , thanks for sharing !
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Thank you so very much..
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I love your blog! Thank you for liking one of my posts, led me straight here! 🙂
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Hi Sonalee….so glad you like our work. It means a lot.
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Thanks for visiting & following my blog! wish you a great 2016!
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Yo 🙂 Thanks to you too……. Happy New Year
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Finding your site is one of the delights of blogging…it opens a whole new world with each new discovery. Thanks for visiting my site, and safe journey!
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Thanks friend for such kind and encouraging words!!! So glad that you find Untraveled Routes delightful 🙂
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Hey, great travel blogs already on your website and too many excellent as well. I am really in awe with you both having visited so many places. Great going ! I am following you for sure 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by Shaunak!!! It’s a great feeling to hear such kind words from a fellow traveler like yourself. You have a great blog too…hope to stay connected and someday may be travel together too 🙂
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Hey guys, just to update you… I have upgraded my website. The revised upgraded URL is http://www.flywithshaunak.com. Happy Travels !
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Hi Shaunak, I went through your new website last week itself….It looks pretty awesome 🙂
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Great blog! Look forward to reading many of your posts!
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Thanks for the visit my friend 🙂 Hope to exchange lots of experiences and stories!
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Hi guys! I just came across your blog. One word to define your blog: Incredible! The photography is superb and the writing is crisp and informative. I look forward to your new posts! 🙂
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Hi Sayantan, thanks for the visit. We are thrilled that you find our work awesome. Thanks for such kind words and praises 🙂
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great blog! follow you. hope you can check my blog to 🙂
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Thanks for such kind words and choosing to follow 🙂
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Beautiful photos!
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Gr8 to see that u travel with ur family. Loved ur travelogs especially to kinnaur, spiti etc. Pictures are vibrant and colourful. Keep going!!!!
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Thank you Umesh for checking out our travel stories and posts. Traveling together creates more happy memories 🙂 🙂
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Agreed!!! Just curious…. which car u took to Sarahan & Kinnaur!
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Hi Umesh, we did the road trip by i10 Sportz 🙂 New Delhi-Shimla-Kinnaur-Spiti and back via Shimla route only. Manali route was closed in April.
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Gr8. We r planning round trip to Manali. Wondering whether small car is good enough!! If u can advice!
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Hmm, I think it shouldn’t be a problem. However you can check from kullu tourism office about the road condition. There are few nallahs on the route which could create difficulty.
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Seen them on youtube. Will plan accordingly. Thanks!!!
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What a nice blog. You guys have excellent photos!
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Thank u so much!! Means a lot:)
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Beautiful story and I really enjoyed browsing through your site. Will be back soon to catch up on your adventures 🙂
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Thank you so much Diya 🙂 I’m glad you could take out time to visit the site, looking forward to seeing more of you!!!
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Nice blog.It is definitely a perfect hands – on guide for those who love to travel and are misled by the so called travel guide sites.Happy Travelling to both of you and keep blogging!
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Hello, it hasn’t been long since I met you through the blogging community, but I already love your posts so I decided to nominate you for This Or That Book Tag. I know it’s not directly to do with travelling, but I hope you enjoy it anyway! Check it out at https://heyitsnyse.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/this-or-that-book-tag/.
Happy travelling (and blogging) 🙂
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Hey, are you willing to visit Ramgarh, Nainital – famous for the Tagore Point.
We are a luxury boutique boutique resort and we are inviting you to come and be our guest to provide your valuable reviews.
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Thanks for the invite Suneet… Look forward to it. Will let you know. Cheers
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Hi, I finally managed to read your travel stories today, and they are quite an entertaining read. Why only such few places though? Eagerly waiting for you to explore more – I would suggest the heavenly North East as your next destination. 🙂 good day.
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Thank you friend!! Oh how we would love to cover more and more places. Actually we embraced a new phase in life two years back… We had a baby boy 🙂 post then Travel took a backseat. Though we did Spiti tour of 12 days with our 11months boy but after that haven’t been able to do much. Looking forward to visit North East.
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Good for you both!!! follow your hearts and enjoy it passes to quickly this journey in this world. love your photos!!!!!
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Thank you so much Robbie!! Such feedback keeps us going..
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Love your attitude and views on travel.
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Thank you so much….glad you could visit our blog. Look forward to your feedback on our Travel Stories, Photo essays too 🙂
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Thank you for visiting! I am pleased that you are enjoying my recent travels in South Africa – I am not quite finished – more fantastic sights to come!
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Namaste Ashish and Charu! Nice to read about your travels and inspiration. Hard to imagine, with all your combined interests that you’re still tied to the corporate life 😉 Thanks for dropping by my blog, and following it.. and for giving me a glimpse into yours. Although I’m now based in Bali, I’d love to make it to India too one day… Blessings, Amit
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Hi Amit, firstly thank you for visiting Untraveled Routes and so glad that you like what we have here. Apologies for not being able to respond all this while! It’s hard for us too to believe we still are part of Corporate world 🙂 Honestly, I’m now stay at home Mom :)(since a year) and Ashish continues his journey in the office!!Let’s see how future turns out. Do visit India 🙂
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Thank you Ashish & Charu for visiting my site and connecting me with you! Soulmates is the foundation for all good, and good will come out of bad and your life will be bliss, I know because I have one too! I will enjoy your journey! Anica 🙂
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Thank you Anica… That’s really sweet!! 😃 Being together brings out lot of courage and indeed makes life bliss…. Look forward to stay connected!!
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You have a wonderful sub-continent to explore 🙂 I hope the unspoiled bits stay that way.
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Thank you Jane, yes it is beautiful though not all the places. We try to enjoy and capture beauty in it’s purest form.
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https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsNowhere is beautiful everywhere, and wherever there are people there will be ugliness in one form or another as well as beauty.
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Ahh!! So true… People ruin Nature😑😑
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And one another 😦
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Exciting and original!
Thanks for following my posts too. See you soon, wherever you are!
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Thank you Candia🤘🤘
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Thank you for following my blog. I couldn’t agree with you more on your definition of journeys. Everywhere we travel as a family brings a new sense of love and appreciation for each other and creating new memories to last a life time. Looking forward to see more of your travels.
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Thank you for taking out time to explore our travel stories and experiences. Hope create beautiful memories and share them with the world 💛
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It comes as an interesting travel tip, ‘all places left you with the same feeling of being still trapped in the city life.’ Haven’t really traveled that much but would love to do. The very few places that I know are Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Delhi, Agra and Haryana-very less as well as Mauritius where I am currently based.
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Thank you for your positive feedback!! In fact, we also began our travels with famous and mostly known places, it’s only with time we started exploring and finding new ways to explore destinations. Looking forward to stay connected. Btw I have a cousin who stays in Mauritius for last three years now and he can’t stop raving about how beautiful it is!!
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https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsHey! It’s a small world isn’t it. In fact, I am not particularly fond of the place. The island is too small and everything close down so early. The pace of life is very small in Mauritius as well. Thinking to leave and be back to India:)
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It’s good to listen to a different perspective 🤘🤘next time I talk to him I’m certainly going to highlight points from our chat😀😀😀 So, you are working there or have a business?
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In fact, my parents shfted there and grew up. But, not a place that I like. Gimme India any time. Worked as a journalist there and now a freelance consultant for a Brit based PR firm. I also helped launched a magazine for expats run for an Indian company before it closed down. I stayed for years in Pune and Mumbai. So, you understand my thing. Big cities and small island…hehe
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Well done.Great post.
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https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsYou have a fabulous blog and I look forward to reading more on your travels! Thank you so much for stopping by my site.
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I am so happy, i found your website. I can’t wait to read all your travel stoties.
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Cheers Ashish and Charu! Its great to see you two travelling and exploring life together. A really nice page as well with amazing photos! And all the best for your upcoming journeys 🙂
Would love to travel with you’ll once.
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Hi Karan☺️☺️ Thank you for visiting our blog. Such appreciation infuses new energy and keeps us going 🤘🤘 Hope to keep you interested in future as well…. Do you travel a lot too?
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You have a great blog here!
And many thanks for all the likes and the follow on our Bikers Guide to the Dordogne! 🙂
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Thanks for following my blog, which is much appreciated.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wonderful travels.. May your journey continue to enrich your lives in love and beauty..
Namaste.
Sue
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Wonderful blog! Thanks for stopping by my blog and I look forward to following yours.
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Thank you 👍👍Likewise 😊☺️☺️
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What a great blog you have here! I love the 3 C’s and the BIG C of Creativity! Woo Hoo! So grateful you stopped by my blog so that I could follow yours!
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