Waterloo

I walk past these guys almost every day on my way back from work. Especially on Saturdays, you will find a mime or a musician every five meters along the riverside. They are all artists at Waterloo, standing near and around the London Eye (the southern river bank) for a few coins in the hat. They know that most tourists in London spend their weekends around this area. It's amazing to think that these artists go through so much trouble to entertain people. The people love them, especially the children, but I can't help to wonder how much money they really make. I think some of them must have a permanent silver glow from painting themselves everyday!

...Yes, They are all real people inside these characters. Even the statue and the guy without the head. Most of them tend to move or do a little act when they hear a coin falling in the box, but the trick of the statue guy is, well, to be a statue. People stare at him for a long time to see if they can see his nose twitch or his toes wiggle and the children get a kick out of it to say out loud: "Look! He blinked! I saw him blink his eyes!"