Translation of fatalism in German

The places we have been to were very different from the one we saw in the other country. It looked less poor and much more orgnaized although not every one could tell the difference. Funny.
We agreed to meet the next day at seven thirty to avoid the crowds at the entrance. Dinner was great. We went to a restaurant on the main street. The building was French architecture.
The drive to these lagoons was not easy. The jeep did not have air conditioning, so that in the sun it would get extremely hot and in the shade extremely cold. The jeeps were around 15 years old.