Translation of mongoose in Spanish

We drove to the airport to do early check-in but it went so quickly that we had four hours left before our flight departed. We therefore took a cab back into town and visited the local market.
It might be that after all the view and the atmosphere could had been spectacular if we were the only one on this temple and experiencing a great sunset on this huge structure. But is was not.
Unfortunately, I have never been to the United States, but I was in Mexico last year, that is close. Zurich is a very nice city, the people are friendly and the lake is very beautiful.