Translation of bunkum in German

We decided according to whom we liked most and booked a trip for the next day. We looked for a place for lunch and found a restuarant called Pho 24, where they would serve soups for 24 hours.
The city seemed to be small but busy and many building were new. It looked like a third world country village with four and five star hotels. The infrastructure was still bad, but one could see development.
We hardly remembered that our day began at 7.30am 500 kilometers further north. It was now already 6pm and we were eager to board the plane in order to reduce the distance to our destination.