Geermu (Golmud) is a country level city in qinghai. It's the second largest city in Qinghai Province. The population is over 200, 000. The average elevation is about 2.8km. There are more than 20 salt lakes around the city. The average temperature the year is around 5 °C. So the summer there is very short. The Tibetan railway is just across Golmud. There is also train from Xián and Xining to Golmud.

Golmud has cold and long winters, warm and cool summers. There is rare rains there and the best time to go the Golmud is from July to September.

Here are the necessary sites there,

1, Qarhan Salt Lake, this is the largest salt lake in Qingdam basin. It's one of the most famous inland salt lakes in the world. It' really dry and hot. The better time for visiting is from April to October.

2, Kunlun Mountain pass located in the middle o the Kunlun mountain.