Translation of exclusive in German

So she and I went to the food store to buy some lunch. However, the store had almost no food and one could pay in local currency or in US dollars. One could really see the country's poor economy.
The writer describes this situation by putting the persons into a natural environment. On one side there was no shade and there weren't any trees, he says. This description can be interpreted.
What time zone are you in or where are you located (city, state, country)? The time and date that you gave is according to your time zone, I guess. But I need to compare it in our log files.