The West Lake in Hangzhou is one of the best-known tourist destinations in China with its refreshing waters and oriental architecture surrounded by rolling hills, left. A unique structure in the middle of the lake, composed of three miniture pagodas, middle, and usually referred to in Chinese as "San Tan" (pronounced "sun-tung", literally meaning "three pools"), has left behind countless legends in Chinese folklores. After the conference, we dined at perhaps one of the biggest restaurants in the world boasting thousands of tables, right.