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In this picture taken 23 December 2006, Bangladeshi man Salim Hossen Gaus uses a home-made lift to reach his tree house atop a palm tree in Jessore. Tired of trying to get a bit of peace and quiet in one of the world's most densely populated countries Salim has hit on the perfect solution. Each day the carpenter and aspiring writer winches himself 30 metres (100 ft) in a precarious home-made pully to a small wooden platform he has built at the top of a palm tree. AFP PHOTO/AHSAN Kabir