Dave G Houser & Jan Butchofsky-Houser

As part of an ongoing series of photo esays we're back with another colorful spread in Porthole cruise magazine. This time, the port of call is cutting-edge Dubai.

Think you can't take home great vacation photos from a cruise-ship excursion? Think again. Every one of these images were made on a 7-hour layover during our Middle East voyage with Peter Deilmann Cruises. In über-stylized Dubai, fabulous photo ops lurk around every corner.