something odd is going on this year in goa - and it has to do with the rows of empty sunbeds .
with the rouble in trouble , russians are freezing at home , rather than sizzling in india 's flop-in-the-sun western state .
sorry to be mean , but it 's all too good to be true for the rest of us .
on the beach , goans peddling pedicures and sarongs smile and tell us we are ` very pale ' , adding : ` you wo n't stay that way for long .