Shikara is a go-to method of transport for the people of Srinagar, to travel in and around the floating markets on the shores of Dal Lake. It was a chilly winter evening of February when I took my first ride, I was so excited since I had been planning to make this trip happen for many years and experience it in its most authentic form, and here I was doing that, Finally. Towards the end, as we approached the shore it started to drizzle which in fact was a perfect ending to my experience.