Tropical Diversion: Stuck in the DR

We left St. Thomas Friday the 22nd as planned and since the wind was so good we decided to skip Puerto Rico and go straight to the Dominican Republic. It took us about 2 and a half days because about 50 miles out of the DR the wind completely died. We pulled into Puerto Bahia Marina Monday morning and got settled in a nice slip. We stopped here on our way down and really loved the marina. Then on Monday afternoon Wes started the engines and the port engine would not start. Yes, again we had a starter go out. So Wes got on line and ordered the starter from the same place he got the last one, paid extra money to have it fed ex'd down here. The guy was a little skeptical sending it to the DR but he went ahead and did it. We really didn't have a choice because there is no place to get it on the island and we weren't going anywhere without it. I also read stories about it taking weeks and sometimes months to get parts here. The dock master even said it is a challenge to get parts shipped here. Well, Wes tracked the package and it got to the fed ex office here in Santa Domingo on Wednesday but it hasn't moved since then and it is now Monday May 2nd and it's still stuck. Wes has tried calling fed ex and from what we can figure out, it is because customs is holding it up. You also can't call the local office to and talk to anyone and if you could, they only speak Spanish so it wouldn't do us any good. He was able to send an email and now we are just waiting for a response.
We've been here a week and we are getting a little bored here. We would really like to get to the Bahamas too. Even though it's a beautiful place, it still gets boring after a week. Last week we rented a car one day and ran around the island with another cruiser couple that we met here and then we were able to hitch a ride into town yesterday with a couple that has a car. There isn't a lot right around the marina other than a couple restaurants, a couple pools, and a mini market. And nothing really in walking distance. So, I guess we have no choice but to wait for the part. There are definitely worse places to be stuck though.