We spent our last day in Siem Reap visiting two of the temple sites further out from the town. Initially we were going to go to the Roluos temple ruins in the morning but our tuk-tuk driver suggested we go further afield to Banteay Srei which is about 37km from Siem Reap, so about an hours ride in the tuk-tuk.

The drive out to the temple was probably a highlight of the trip. We passed through farmland and various small villages which gave an insight into how regular Cambodians live. We also had our near death traffic experience of the trip when a large tour bus rounded a corner coming towards us and lost the back of the bus which slid out at 45 degrees as it skidded around the corner. Somehow the driver got it back under control and it hurtled past us. If it had tipped over it would have landed on top of us! We paused for a photo at a temple called Preah Khan before continuing on to Banteay Srei.
 
We arrived at Banteay Srei and ran the gauntlet of book sellers (more one dollar books that end up being one book for eleven dollars) and wandered around the small temple ruins. Even though the temple was a way out of town there were still lots of people there, mostly tour groups. At the exit from the ruins there was a group of blind people playing traditional music, we took a photo and donated some of our Cambodian money. We exited the ruins and found our tuk-tuk driver after assuring all four restaurants that we passed that were didn't want any coconut juice.
 
After the temple visit we drove back to Siem Reap, another relaxing drive then had lunch in town before heading out to the Roluos ruins which were about a 20 minute drive from town. The first stop in Roluos was the Bakong temple. Here we were swarmed by people trying to sell bananas, they were shoving each other out of the way and making sure that if we suddenly decided we wanted a bunch of bananas that we ask for them by name. Inside the temple complex there were more people selling t-shirts and scarves, it was madness. Next was another group of blind people playing music. We managed to work our way through the mayhem and wander around the temple ruins.
 
The last stop was the Preah Ko temple which was also in Roluos. There weren't so many sellers here, just a handful of kids trying to sell postcards. We walked into the temple grounds and were walking down the main path to the temple itself when a ticket inspector came running across asking for our ticket. He seemed to be sure that he'd pinged someone without a ticket and the look of deflation on his face when we produced the tickets was obvious. With fines of USD100-300 for being caught without a ticket I guess he was keen on a comission. He just muttered that it was our last day to use the ticket and skulked off. This temple was quite good, it was the original temple complex and Khmer capital before Angkor was built. Lots of vine-covered ruins and door frames engraved in Sanskrit.
 
We left the temple and returned to the hotel for a rest before going out for dinner at 6pm. We bought a few things from the Old Market and then returned to the hotel. We thanked our tuk-tuk drivers and gave him a tip for his efforts over the past 3 days. He seemed very happy with that!
 
Back at the hotel room we packed our bags for the flight to KUala Lumpur the following morning.