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In June 2010 the second stage of The Caravan Hitchhiking Project took off, taking Tjerk Ridder and Peter Bijl from Pecs in Hungary, through [[Croatia]], [[Serbia]] and [[Bulgaria]] to [[Istanbul]] in [[Turkey]]. In three weeks they crosses a distance of about 1500 kilometers, through a less well travelled and potentially less-towbar-dense part of Europe. Being towed by amongst others an old Renault 4 and a truck, Tjerk, Dachs and Peter arrived in Istanbul, having their caravan being towed by twenty different vehicles. Reports were being broadcast by national television in Serbia, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Ater their trip Tjerk and Peter found several creative ways to process their experiences and encounters on the road. Tjerk Ridder wrote songs and a theatre programme out of his experience. 'Tow Bar Needed: A Theatrical Road Movie', an inspiring mix of live music, storytelling and film, premiered at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 and has been performed at some of the major Dutch festivals (De Parade, Noorderzon, Lowlands). Peter recorded road movie footage on the road, and edited his material afterwards. Out of the songs and film footage from on the road, Tjerk and Peter made a DVD. Also they wrote a book about their experiences, which the DVD belongs to. The book 'you need others to keep you going' (international title) is bilingual (Dutch-English) and has been launched at August, 19th, 2011 during A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, the foremost festival of the Netherlands.

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