I am a new player today and got to level 17. I signed out for dinner and then signed back in. game would not recognize my signin for numerous time, but finally did. then it started me over at lvl 1 again like I had never been in game.
First of all, welcome and good luck with the game! 
You ended up on the wrong map, and need to go back to yours. In the top right corner of the game, click this (might be a different text):
and you'll easily find your map.
"UTC" = "universal coordinated time". It's a default time zone for all computer systems then you then convert to your local time zone. For example, most of the USA is 4-6 hours behind UTC in the Summer, or 5-7 in the Winter.
As for the games, Pirates is not available on the phone. Go to Plarium's portal, click "All Games" in the top left part of the page, then click "Mobile Games", and then pick the one(s) you want to try.
