Novel way to get away from it all

A peace-loving carpenter in crowded Bangladesh has come up with a novel idea to get away from it all and escape life's pressures.

Every day Salim Hossen Gaus winches himself 30m (100 feet) in a precarious home-made pulley to a small wooden platform at the top of a palm tree.



He built the platform to get some peace and quiet and read his favourite books.

His idea has proved so innovative that inquiries about the platforms have flooded in from all over the region.