..... the response to your post has been slow so far, probably because of lack of information.

How long will you be in Morocco for, apart from Marrakech, are you visiting other places.?

On excursions, you mention Camel Safaris/Quad-bikes and 4X4's. The most popular Camel-treks are done far south of Marrakech on Erg Chebbi from the desert village Merzouga mostly, a 12+ hour bus trip away, where all these activities take place. While in Marrakech, the Palmeraie beyond Geliz (New Town) camels are available, and an hour away on the No.33 ALSA City-bus to Agafay a Hamada stony desert camels are keep for short trips.
http://alsa.ma/fr/marrakech/itineraire-per-urbain

Just be mindful Marrakech is the biggest tourist draw on the Continent currently, restaurants and hotels have dumbed-down and compromised over time, the best place for authentic food is as always the homes of locals if they have a talented cook in the house.

Lonelyplanet have produced a revised City Guide for Marrakech which I recommend, a lot of stuff you you won't get here on the TT, it could save you money too, most likely you won't need to hire a guide.

Nina, you cannot leave the car in Merzouga and go then by bus to Fes. It will not be so challenging to drive until Fes. More challenging it will be anyway from Marrakech to Ouarzazate over High Atlas.
Moreover there are many nice places on the way and you will miss then, if you take overnight bus. But, main problem is it is not possible to leave the car in Merzouga.
But, as I understand you are not so experienced driver so best would be to do this trip via desert by bus. You can stay overnight on the way for example in Ouarzazate, visiting Ait BenHaddou, then next overnight in Dades or Todra Gorge, explore it and next day continue to Merzouga. From there you take overnight bus to Fes.

Title: Overcoming My Fear in the Sahara Desert

Destinations covered: Sahara Desert, Morocco

Theme: Wheelchair accessible travel

Style: inspirational storytelling piece

Synopsis: Before riding a camel in the Sahara Desert, I was a nervous wreck. Some thoughts that ran through my mind were: How will I remain stable on the camel? What if the camel lays on its side and my leg is trapped underneath? What if the camel starts running? What if I fall off the camel and break a leg? While I had some fear, I got out of my wheelchair, sat on top of the camel, and had one of the best experiences of my life! This is the story of how I overcame my fear in the Sahara Desert.

URL: https://www.curbfreewithcorylee.com/2018/05/07/camel-trekking-in-merzouga-desert-camp/

*This experience was partly sponsored by Morocco Accessible Travel Consultants.

You might consider HSR Shanghai to Suzhou, then Suzhou Metro to Tongli. Big advantage is no need to worry about timing everything right for one or two bus departures/day. You can buy your HSR ticket ahead of time if you want on ctrip, etc. I suspect it would work out similar to the bus timewise, two hours or so. Plus, getting reliable current timetable information for buses in China is always iffy.

I appreciate some people have genuinely got stuck but generally I have little sympathy for many of these people. From interviews on TV and even some of the posts on TT, they clearly just haven't taken the situation seriously enough. They've carried on with their trips, even embarked on new ones and basically just assumed everything will be OK. Most have had enough time to get back home, it's irresponsible..
>I suppose a repatriation flight, probably with a very high ticket price
For many the high ticket price is deservedly so.

Quite a number in South America were on longer trips and were travelling before the the epidemic became pandemic.

Hundreds of Australians trapped under strict coronavirus lockdown measures in Peru and Uruguay have rejoiced after the government confirmed that two delayed evacuation flights would be going ahead in "the coming days".
But many will be left behind because they were unable to secure tickets on the sold-out flight from Lima, which cost $5,160 for an economy seat and $10,872 for business class, or cannot travel from their location to the capital due to a domestic travel ban.
In a joint statement, Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the flight from Lima was "fully subscribed" and expected to carry more than 260 Australian citizens and permanent residents once they receive "final approval of departure permission from Peruvian authorities". LINK

A group of Britons stranded in Peru will miss rescue flights put on by the Foreign Office after two travellers at the hostel they are staying in tested positive for coronavirus.
About 140 guests in the Pariwana hostel in Cusco, including nine British citizens and one Irish national, have been told they could be quarantined for up to three months and will now be confined to their rooms for 23 hours a day.
Failure to comply could result in imprisonment, the Peruvian authorities have told them. [LINK](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/britons-in-peru-miss-rescue-flights-and-face-months-stuck-in-hostel

Hi 329,

** On my recent trip through the area, I visited a number of small places as day trips from Mazatlan, i.e. Cosala, Copala, Rosario, Concordia. **

Of the four places you visited, which would you say deserve an overnight, not so much because of distance (though Cosala seems to be the furthest from Mazatlan) but because of the overall ambiance and availability of budget lodgings.
Btw did you catch the bus to these small towns from the same spot mentioned below on Tripadvisor? Would appreciate a confirmation from someone who did it recently. Thanks :-)

Tripadvisor review on Oct. 18, 2005
I THINK that all or almost all of the local area buses... Copala/Concordia, La Noria, El Quelite, etc... have their main pick-up point at the large bus stop in front of the Del Mar shopping center (1/2 block north of Walmart and across the street). None of these local area buses operate out of the three or four main "autobus" terminals. Those are for much longer distance buses.

Generally speaking I am not an island person but I make an exception for Penang which is beautiful, historica and has plenty of wildlife. So, it would be one island for me.
Melaka is a great city, easily accessed by bus.

Another possibility is to have a stop at Ipoh, or Kuala Kansang or Taiping. All have good train links from either KL or Butterworth (that is the station for the Penang ferry).