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Lonely Planet Central America on a Shoestring
If you aim to spend only a day or two in each country you will spend half your trip sitting on busses. The size of Central America on the map is deceptive: poor transportation infrastructure means it takes forever to get between places. For example, San José, Costa Rica and Panama City are as far apart (as the crow flies) as L.A. and San Francisco, but it's a 16-hour bus trip.
Instead of trying to hit every country, I'd recommend something like flying into Managua and moving south to Panama City. We did that itinerary over 3 weeks last year (and even then we were on a bus every other day for 4-6 hours).
Lonely Planet has a 19-page PDF on their site that includes the suggested itineraries from Central America on a Shoestring, a guide that might be useful.