NOW THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

When we were back in Dahab Joe was walking past the beachfront restaurants on his way back from the dive centre when a restaurant tout came rushing out from his bar offering him cheap dinner. Joe politely declined having already made dinner plans elsewhere. I don’t know if Joe just looks seedy or if the tout was experiencing some low-season desperation but the way Joe tells it the shifty bloke swiftly followed up with; “No dinner? Well how about some push push in the bush?” while swiping his hand to and fro and vigorously thrusting his pelvis.

Since then we have developed what we like to call the “Push Push In The Bush” Dance. It’s a one step dance that basically involves clasping your hands into fists, raising your forearms perpendicular to your body and then executing a number of swift pelvic thrusts. It’s a dance that was first demonstrated in about 2002 by former Indian pace man Agit Agaka following the dismissal of Michael Slater and it’s a beauty.

After walking more than a kilometre through a winding fault in the sandstone mountain to the east of the ancient city of Petra you reach the Treasury Building. Forty five metres high and more than thirty metres wide it was carved directly out of the rock face by the Nabeans more than 2,000 years ago. To reach the peak of the outcrop on which the building is carved you have to circumnavigate the rock and literally take the back stairs up. After about twenty minutes of climbing you leave the path and make out for the summit. Once there you gather your bearings, estimate the location of the Treasury and start picking your way down the far side of the peak, across the slopes of loose rubble, between the water forged cracks in the rock, past the desiccated carcass of an unfortunate goat and down onto the broad flat ledges directly above the building which has become the emblem for what is now one of the seven wonders of the world. Then you remove your shirt, place your camera on a rocky ledge, set the timer, walk toward the edge and do this:

By far the coolest thing I saw or did today. We’re taking the Push Push in Bush Dance global baby!