Live like a local in north Vietnam and you won't want to leave

Want to live like a local in Vietnam? Just master crossing Hanoi’s chaotic streets. After that, you can do anything, says Shilpa Ganatra.

It’s Airbnb’s fault, this rising travel trend of living like a local.

As a generation of tourists, we’re well past the backpacker era of extended stays as outsiders looking in, and now aim to become insiders looking in, even if it’s just for two weeks.