1.   Beachside and bayfront restaurants, some with live music, dot the island.

2.   In addition, miniature golf courses dot the island.

3.   In addition, sea lions and seals dot the islands and numerous types of dolphins play in the channel, sometimes with the whales.

4.   Seventy beaches dot the island, some stretching for miles, others tucked between cliffs.

5.   The islands are dotted with unpretentious little places, some cheap, some not, where further culinary pleasure awaits the adventurous.

6.   Spanish-run hotels now dot the island.

7.   The Buddhist devotees come from Chinese temples dotting the island, part of the heritage of Chinese settlers who arrived in southern Thailand over the centuries.

8.   The island is dotted by air raid shelters and riddled with tunnels full of empty fuel barrels and other war paraphernalia.

9.   Widely scattered to scattered light showers may dot the islands.