When we reached Srinagar at noon on a pleasant day in Mid April, we had hoped to drop our luggage in our guest house and then explore the city. But our cab driver had other ideas. He felt that if we went to our guest house we would end up losing a lot of daytime. Also, this was the month of Ramzan so everything would close down early in the evenings. It made sense, so we decided to go with his suggestion. We first went to Tulip Garden, then to Nishat Bagh, and then to Shalimar Bagh.