Booze Drugs and Transvestites in Bogota & Theatron

“Do you know of Theatron?” My young friend with a red long hair, short body and cute freckles asked me. “No I do not know it” was my responded back to her with a smile on face. “Let us go tonight…” she says with a grin on her face. “…Oh it is a gay bar.” Now being from Northern California, I am very used to gay bars, I have visited a few, but this place, Theatron, puts any bar, gay or not, to shame that I have been to. So how did the night go? Well it was a doozy, it is a story that is worth telling.

The Story Begins

So we go to my young friends place where she lives with 2 gay men. We prepare for the night as the everyone, except myself, make themselves pretty. We jump into the car and head out to Theatron. The cover into Theatron is 35.000 pesos ($17 USD). Kind of pricey I must admit, but there is a perk to this 35.000 peso cover, you get a cup. A cup you ask? Yes it is a nice green tumbler that is small and fits in the palm of your hand nicely. And this cup allows you to drink all night until 2 am at the open bars. Yes, all you can drink.

It’s Huge

As we enter the place we walk up some stairs, and then more stairs, and then some more, until we find a place that is a courtyard. This place is huge. This courtyard reminds me of high school or a college courtyard filled with many people socializing in their groups. Here is where we conversed, socialized, drank and smoked (I don’t smoke). I meet a group of Gay men that I would be hanging out with for the night. One of them asked if I have seen the view from the top. I responded with a no so we went up even more. The top bar is an open area with a gorgeous view of Bogotá where you can see the lights of Bogotá and spin to see the mountains on the other side of the open area.
The next step was to walk through the 10 different discos that Theatron has. Yes you heard me 10 different discos. If you don’t like a song… walk to a different room. This place is one of the largest clubs in Colombia, and now I know why. This here is the other perk to the 35.000 peso cover, the many choices of music to choose from. From Industrial, to pop, to House to Latin dance. The place has it all.
We finally found ourselves in the main disco hall. It is large room with rays of lights that a flare through out the room and large videos on play on the jumbo television screen on the wall. This is the area where they hold most of the events as well. Here we meet with some transvestite friends. We dance the night the way as we start making our way from room too room again.

The After Party

It gets late and my cute, short redheaded friend and I go back to her place to just chat the night away, this also includes a bottle of aguardiente. Aguardiente is a liquor that is exclusive to Colombia. It is strong. We drink a bottle as my young pretty friend’s room mates come back. With some friends with friends of course, most of which are the transvestites we meet earlier in the evening.
At this point the after party starts really happening. We dance, we sing we drink a second bottle of aguardiente. And then some one offers me some cocaine. I kindly decline as the party keeps going. My eyes are getting to feel like they have anvils attached to them. At this point I pass out on my friend’s bed. The sun is up and my friend’s room mates land my friend into her bed, she is really passed out. We sleep more until I realize it is almost 2pm. It is time for me leave. At this point I am wondering if my friend had as great of a night as I did. This was a night that will stick in my head for a long time.

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Erick Redcloud

A partially blind Graphic Designer, Freelance Travel Photographer, Artist, Buddhist and Vegetarian who loves to travel. Erick loves traveling by being with the locals and going off the beaten path. He is the founder and owner of Pathlesstravels and loves inspiring others to follow their dreams, whether it is to travel or something completely different. He started Pathlesstravels to hone is photography skills and to meet amazing people, and to help a friend break into journalism. Check out his photography at his link.

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