We took on E11 yesterday from Deira, Dubai to Ras Al Khaimah, and covered five of UAE's seven emirates in two hours (includes getting lost inside Sharjah/ Ajman and a sea side lunch in Um Al Qwain).

E11 is the UAE's longest road, stretching from Abu Dhabi (at the Saudi border) to Ras Al Khaimah (Oman border). In Dubai, the road is popular as Sheikh Zayed Road.

Going back home, we took E311 or Emirates Road, which is an hour drive (minus the traffic). This is plain highway at 120 kph driving, where at night, the visual respite is seeing roadside campers' bonfires as well as 4x4 cars' lights doing somewhat dune bashing.

It was just recently when we started driving to the other Emirates (naks, after all UAE is just small) that we realized the easiest way to take note of our route is through the E-s naming convention of the roads that's on our google maps print out.

When not sure that we entered the right way, we would closely check each of the the light posts in the middle of the road because in small inscription, as above, is the road number.