In the late afternoon we docked at Kom Ombo to visit more sites and learn a lot more about Egyptian history. Later we came to a lock. While waiting to go through, our ship was surrounded by traders in small boats. It was so entertaining, as these desperate vendors made the most of every second to sell clothes to the passengers. We all gathered on the fourth floor deck as plastic bags of clothes were thrown at us from the small boats below. If we liked them, we negotiated our price with loud shouts, then put the money in the bag and threw it back down to the boats.