Translation of penury in German

Hi,I'd like to ask you if it's possible for you to tell me briefly how to study here. I don't know that's why I'm not online most of the time. Thank you very much for choosing me as a friend. I hope our friendship can get better so we can practice.
Anyway, the entire bus ride lasted four hours and we finally arrived at the city of Halong. We were supposed to take a two day luxury boat tour on a ship called The Lagoon Explorer.
It was a two hour flight above the vast area of Patagonia. On the left side of the flight path there were mostly arid areas, some covered in snow. On the right side of the airplane were the mountains.