Daniel B. Haber

Pokhara's Fish Tail

Pokhara's Fish Tail

There are many reasons to visit Pokhara, Nepal's premier lakeside resort nestled in a valley surrounded by the Annapurna range of the Himalayas, topped by snow-capped peaks such...

Pleasantly from Pokhara

Pleasantly from Pokhara

It was fitting, I suppose, that my colleague Jill who just “adores” the mountains—which leave me cold—should get a room facing Mt. Machapuchare, while my room looked on the courtyard...

Rendezvous With the Ranas

Rendezvous With the Ranas

"Grave Incident At Narayanhiti ­Royal Palace" with unaccustomed oriental understatement proclaimed the headlines of one of Kathmandu’s Nepali dailies that published the horrific news of the demise of Nepal’s royal...